Equation for Profit

Jonathon Sambor

Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke is said to be “one of the greatest experimental scientists in the 1700s” (Waggoner, 1). Although he isn’t a well known as Einstein, his work has made a genuine impact on the scientific society.
Hooke was born on July 18, 1635, at Freshwater, on the Isle of Wright (Waggoner, 1). Hooke was the son of a minister and apparently home schooled as well. At the age of 13, Robert Hooke entered West minster School and later entered Oxford. At Oxford, Hooke got a reputation of being very skilled at building and doing experiments. This trait impressed many of well known scientists at Oxford.
He was so talented at science that he was asked to become the assistant of Robert Boyle (Waggnor, 2). With his success, and reputation of b...