What are the achievements of George Emil Palade Robert Hooke?
1.) Robert Hooke, FRS (18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703) was an English polymath who played an important role in the scientific revolution, through both experimental and theoretical work. He was the first person to use the word “cell” to describe the basic unit of life. In 1660, Hooke discovered Hooke’s law of elasticity, which describes the linear variation of tension with extension in an elastic spring. In 1662, he gained appointment as Curator of Experiments to the newly founded Royal Society, and took responsibility for experiments performed at its meetings. His work on elasticity culminated, for practical purposes, in his development of the balance spring or hairspring, which for the first time enabled a portable timepiece – a watch – to keep time with reasonable accuracy. A bitter dispute between Hooke and Christiaan Huygens on the priority of this invention was to continue for centuries after the death of both; but a note dated 12 June 1670 in the Hooke Folio (see External links belo
