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 ...

Robert Hooke (1635-1703) is best known for his depiction ... But when Hooke focused his lens on the leather binding of one of his books, he saw an enchanted garden of undulating flowers (otherwise ...