Its members have included Robert Hooke, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, and Steven Hawking.

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Micrographia, written by scientist Robert Hooke in 1665, was the first major book to examine the world through the eye of a microscope.

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Robert Hooke, 1635-1703 worked at the forefront of physics, astronomy, microscopy, physiology and geology and published the first fully illustrated scientific textbook, Micrographia.

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In the 17th century British scientist Robert Hooke took a crack at taxonomy, but his clumsy cloud names ("water'd, " "lowring, " "hairy") failed to fly.

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But he also feuded with others in the Royal Society, such as Robert Hooke, when they tried to claim joint credit for discoveries they had made with Newton.

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The Queen's House (by Inigo Jones) was the first Palladian building in England and the park contains the Old Royal Observatory, the work of Christopher Wren and the scientist Robert Hooke.

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Historians quibble about whether the modern level was invented by Mechisedech Thevenot , royal librarian to King Louis XIV of France, or by legendary English natural scientist Robert Hooke .

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Two new entries have been added this year - the 17th Century gateway to Londesborough Estate in the East Riding of Yorkshire, designed by Robert Hooke, and the 16th Century ruins of Thorpe Salvin Old Hall, Rotherham.

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Also, over strong London coffees, Isaac Newton, Christopher Wren and philosopher Robert Hooke met to discuss the movement of Earth and Dr John Wilkins mooted, for the first time ever, the idea of flying to the moon.

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