As part of our Bodleian Treasures series, we showcase Micrographia. Published in 1665 and featuring close-ups of fleas and other insects, it is one of the most important science books ever published.

Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon, By Robert hooke, Fellow of the Royal Society, 1665.

Object Details Author Hooke, Robert 1635-1703 Ford, Brian J Warnock Library Octavo Corporation Notes Title from disc label. Summary Includes a digitized facsimile of the 1665 London edition of Hooke's ...

Robert Hooke discovered the cell, established experimentation as crucial to scientific research, ... But Micrographia, like Hooke’s work in general, was about far more than microscopes.

THIS was our first look at the realm of the invisible. In 1665, Robert Hooke's Micrographia brought microscopic observations out of his laboratory to a wider world. Hooke believed that, through ...

Another groundbreaking discovery in science was the discovery of the cell by Robert Hooke ... 1665’s “Micrographia,” is an etching of the cells that make up a piece of cork.

Micrographia by Robert Hooke. Micrographia text – Project Gutenberg. Cutlerian Lectures by Robert Hooke (published 1679) including his texts Helioscopes, Lampas, Microscopium and Cometa .

In 1665, the British polymath Robert Hooke published an unexpectedly popular picture book, “Micrographia.” It featured drawings of household objects and inhabitants that were normally barely ...

Groundbreaking discoveries in science often come with two iconic images, one representing the breakthrough and the other, the discoverer. For example, the page from Darwin’s notebook sketching ...

A 350-year-old-book believed to be the world's first scientific best-seller will go on display as part of a new exhibition at the National Library of Wales.

Another early natural philosopher with gifts rivaling Newton's was Robert Hooke (1635-1703). Physics, biology, microscopy, paleontology, astronomy and engineering all bear his fingerprints. Hooke was ...