Michael Cyril William Hunter

Simon Schaffer

`Individually excellent and scholarly essays... most illuminating and thought-provoking. A conspicuous feature of the collection is the heterogeneity of the scientific topics discussed.' ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW `Essential reading for all students of Hooke and of the context of Restoration science.' Stephen Pumfrey BRITISH JNL FOR HISTORY OF SCIENCERobert Hooke (1635--1703) is best known for his Micrographia, which combined an exposition of the findings of the microscopewith speculations on a variety of scientific topics. He also made major contributions to an astonishing range of subjects, from pneumatics to geology. Equally important was his ingenuity and skill in inventing and refining scientific instruments, clocks and other technological devices.

New Studies

Robert Hooke

Michael Cooper

This volume represents a benchmark in the study of Robert Hooke (1635-1703), a genius whose wide-ranging achievements are at last receiving the recognition that they deserve. It brings together a comprehensive set of studies of different aspects of his life, thought and artistry, with sections on Hooke's life and reputation; his contributions to celestial mechanics and astronomy, and to speculative natural philosophy; the instruments that he designed; and his work in architecture and construction. The introduction places the studies in the context of our current understanding of Hooke and his milieu, while the book also contains a comprehensive bibliography.

Tercentennial Studies

Michael Hunter

Reader in History Michael Hunter

Studies of specific figures - including John Evelyn, Christopher Wren, John Flamsteed -illuminate intellectual change in 17c.

Intellectual Change in Late Seventeenth-century Britain

Science and the Shape of Orthodoxy

Robert Kirk

Magic, science and second sight in 17c Scottish Higlands, with new edition of Kirk's Secret Commonwealth.

Magic, Science, and Second Sight in Late Seventeenth-century Scotland

The Occult Laboratory

David Wootton

The rise of atheism and unbelief is a key factor in the development of the modern world, yet it has been relatively little explored by historians. This book presents a series of studies of irreligious ideas in various parts of Europe during the two centuries following the Reformation.

Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment

Jeake's annotated library catalogue sheds light on 17c book-ownership and availability.

The Library Catalogue of Samuel Jeake of Rye, 1623-90

A Radical's Books

Edward Bradford Davis

The Works of Robert Boyle

The papers, letters and ancillary manuscripts of the influential scientist, Robert Boyle (1627-91) have been at the Royal Society since 1769--a catalogue of them first published in 1992. This volume presents that catalogue in completely revised form, updated to do justice to the extensive use made of the archive in the definitive editions of Boyle's Works and Correspondence published between 1999 and 2001. The book also includes studies of the history of the archive and its components, in which significant conclusions are drawn about the development of Boyle's ideas. This book will be indispensable to anyone with a serious interest in Boyle.

Understanding the Manuscripts of Robert Boyle

The Boyle Papers

A re-evaluation of Boyle in the light of new evidence of his tortured religious life and his difficult relations with his contemporaries.

Michael Cyril William Hunter

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