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Hooke was at the forefront of the field of microscopy, and published countless images of magnified organisms in his ''Micrographia''.
Hooke was at the forefront of the field of microscopy, and published countless images of magnified organisms in his ''Micrographia''.
He is also credited with discovering [[Hooke's Law]], which describes the magnitude of forces in springs, and proposing the idea of an inverse-square law for gravitation, later used by [[Isaac Newton]].
He is also credited with discovering [[Hooke's Law]], which describes the magnitude of forces in springs, and proposing the idea of an inverse-square law for gravitation, later adopted by [[Isaac Newton]].