Late Scientific Revolution - Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke, a physicist known for discovering the law of elasticity, worked with Robert Boyle before making significant contributions to science. He laid the foundation for stress studies and designed balance springs for watches. Hooke was a Royal Society fellow and had diverse interests, including astronomy, crystallography, and biology. He coined the term 'cells' and studied light diffraction. Hooke also proposed that matter expands when heated and that air consists of particles separated by large distances.

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

• Galileo Galilei

• Albert Einstein

• Robert Boyle

• Isaac Newton

What did Robert Hooke's studies on elasticity contribute to?

• The invention of the microscope

• The creation of balance springs in watches

• The development of the steam engine

• The design of telescopes

In which publication did Hooke present his illustrations of snowflakes?

• Principia Mathematica

• Micrographia

• The Origin of Species

• Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

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

• Fibers

• Atoms

• Molecules

• Cells

What phenomenon related to light did Hooke discover?

• Polarization

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Diffraction