HISTORY 164 - Hooke's Micrographia

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Bard College

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A monument of natural philosophy and scientific illustration, Robert Hooke's Micrographia (1665) was the first laboratory manual in microscopy. A great experimentalist, Hooke intended the work to be a manifesto of experimental method and faith in progress. His Royal Society of London colleagues also hoped Hooke's observations would lend credence to atomism, a notorious ancient philosophy that was being rehabilitated in the 17th century. The work's descriptive and experimental language suggests objectivity, as does Hooke's recourse to geometric principles. Yet the treatise is also permeated with a theological agenda. Students read the Micrographia, examining its philosophical antecedents and experimental foundations, and investigate Hooke's life and work, as well as the links between science and society during the Scientific Revolution.

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4.00

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www.bard.edu

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(845) 758-6822

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Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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