Robert Hooke: Victim of Genius
Season 2009Episode 137Season 2009Episode 139

E138 Robert Hooke: Victim of Genius

BBC Documentaries / Season 2009 / Episode 138

13 Aug, 2009 · 1h

 
Season 2009Episode 137Season 2009Episode 139

E138 Robert Hooke: Victim of Genius

BBC Documentaries / Season 2009 / Episode 138

13 Aug, 2009 · 1h

 

The untold story of how a giant of science was erased from history by the jealous rival who owed him more than most - Isaac Newton. A drama revealing the extraordinary, prolific, bizarre and conflict-riddled life of Robert Hooke, one of the greatest scientists in English history, on the tercentenary of his death. In science, Hooke was a colossus. As Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society he wrote the... see more

The untold story of how a giant of science was erased from history by the jealous rival who owed him more than most - Isaac Newton. A drama revealing the extraordinary, prolific, bizarre and conflict-riddled life of Robert Hooke, one of the greatest scientists in English history, on the tercentenary of his death. In science, Hooke was a colossus. As Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society he wrote the... see more
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