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THE two latest volumes of Dr. Gunther's series of books on early science in Oxford deal with the life and work of Robert Hooke. Dr. Gunther makes high claims for the hero of his story, and if we cannot accept quite all his claims, we can at least agree that Hooke was one of the most prominent of those remarkable Englishmen who made the second half of the seventeenth century illustrious in the history of science.
Early Science in Oxford.
By Dr. R. T. Gunther. Vol. 6: The Life and Work of Robert Hooke (Part 1). Pp. xxiv + 396. 31s. 6d. Vol. 7: The Life and Work of Robert Hooke (Part 2). Pp. viii + 397 - 806. 31s. 6d. (Oxford: The Author, Magdalen College, 1930.)
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D. W., W. Early Science in Oxford . Nature 125, 629–630 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125629b0
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