Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke
English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703) [Angleški znanstvenik, ki je formuliral zakon elastičnosti, predlagal teorijo valov svetlobe in formuliral teorijo gibanja planetov ter predlagal zakon gravitacijske privlačnosti obratnega kvadrata in odkril celično strukturo plute ter v biologiju vpeljal pojem `celica' ter izumil balansirno vzmet za ure (1635-1703).]