Late Scientific Revolution - Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke, a renowned physicist, discovered the law of elasticity and contributed significantly to the study of stress and balance springs in watches. He was a member of the Royal Society of London and had diverse interests, including astronomy, crystallography, and biology. Hooke made significant contributions to the understanding of Mars' rotation, snowflake structures, and coined the term 'cells' for microscopic structures. He also studied light, discovering diffraction, and proposed that matter expands when heated.

Who was Robert Hooke employed by before making his own discoveries?

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

• Robert Boyle

What did Robert Hooke's studies on elasticity help design?

• Microscopes

• Balance springs in watches

• Telescope lenses

• Steam engines

In which publication did Hooke present his illustrations of snowflakes?

• Principia Mathematica

• The Origin of Species

• Micrographia

• Philosophiæ Naturalis

What term did Hooke introduce to describe the microscopic structure of cork?

• Fibers

• Atoms

• Molecules

• Cells

What phenomenon related to light did Hooke discover in 1672?

• Polarization

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Refraction