The English polymath Robert Hooke is known for his investigations into life too small for us to see. But his contributions to physics and other disciplines were significant too.

Robert Hooke studied the uniaxial force required to extend springs ... This linear elastic response has been formalized into the stress/strain relationship known as Hooke's Law: ...

Robert Hooke (1635-1703) is best known for his depiction of a flea as seen through his microscope, made scary through magnification: almost all body and little head, a giant apparatus for storing ...