Sure enough, when the duo got together to examine notochords under the microscope, they saw cells containing nuclei just like those seen in plants. Such observations might seem ho-hum today, but they ...

Robert Hooke studied the uniaxial force required to extend springs and long straight wires and found it to be proportional to the extension of the device under test. He stated his observation as "Ut ...

In 1665 a scientist called Robert Hooke was using a microscope to look at a thin slice of cork. He saw lots of little boxes in the cork, and he called these boxes ‘cells’. Animal cells usually ...

Earlier in the year, he had entered into a lively conversation with scientist Robert Hooke and Sir Christopher Wren, the noted architect of the new St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Halley suggested ...

Series introducing the life and work of Robert Hooke, Britain's first paid research scientist and one of the key figures in establishing scienctific knowledge during the 17th century ...