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Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
Hooke's law
empirical physical law of mechanics that the force on a spring is proportional to its displacement
Great Red Spot
huge, persistent storm in Jupiter's atmosphere
Gamma Arietis
star in the constellation Aries
Micrographia
Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon is a historically significant book by Robert Hooke about his observations through various lenses. It was the first book to include illustrations of insects and plants as seen through microscopes.
Ragley Hall
Grade I listed historic house museum in Stratford-on-Avon, United Kingdom