This man's papers were published by Richard Waller, who inelegantly wrote this thinker was "in person, but despicable".
This man's papers were published by Richard Waller, who inelegantly wrote this thinker was "in person, but despicable". He accused Henry Oldenburg of spying on him and helping another man steal one of his inventions. Another thinker wrote a letter that compared building on this man's work to "standing on the shoulders of giants", possibly a jab at this thinker's short build. There is no authenticated portrait of this man and a persistent myth states that his official portrait was destroyed by the author of Opticks, his rival Isaac Newton. He bitterly fought Christiaan Huygens (HOY-guns) over who really invented a balance-spring watch. This author of Micrographia coined the term "cell". For 10 points, what British scientist names a law regarding the force needed to extend a spring?
This man's papers were published by Richard Waller, who inelegantly wrote this thinker was "in person, but despicable".
Robert Hooke 