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Hooke (h

k), Robert 1635-1703.

English physicist, inventor, and mathematician who formulated the theory of planetary movement.

Hooke [hʊk]

(Biographies / Hooke, Robert (1635-1703) M, English, SCIENCE: physicist, SCIENCE: chemist, TECHNOLOGY: inventor) Robert. 1635-1703, English physicist, chemist, and inventor. He formulated Hooke's law (1678), built the first Gregorian telescope, and invented a balance spring for watches

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Hooke - English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703)

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