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Robert Hooke

The life of Robert Hooke - The Forgotten Genius Who Rebuilt London


Famous Equations

1. Hooke’s Law

Formulated in 1660 and published cryptically as “ceiiinosssttuv”, this law emerged from Hooke’s experimental work on springs during the early Scientific Revolution.

$$ F = -kx $$

Sources: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Hooke/

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