As part of our Bodleian Treasures series, we showcase Micrographia. Published in 1665 and featuring close-ups of fleas and other insects, it is one of the most important science books ever published.

When Robert Hooke sought to depict the anatomy of an ant, he put one under a microscope and started to sketch. The ant did not wait for him to finish. Hooke captured another and glued down its feet, ...

Engraving of a flea; Schem.XXIV. 'Micrographia', published in 1665, is the result of detailed observations by Robert Hooke using the recently invented microscope. The publication was funded by The ...

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THIS was our first look at the realm of the invisible. In 1665, Robert Hooke’s Micrographia brought microscopic observations out of his laboratory to a wider world. Hooke believed that, through the ...

Bug Teeth’s debut full-length arrives softly, building and scrutinising loss down to its fine veins, even as it gazes upward to the skies. With a title drawn from Robert Hooke’s 17th-century ...

link print email September 8, 2009 Micrographia by Emily Wilson University of Iowa Press, $16 (paper) Emily Wilson’s second collection, Micrographia, takes its name from a book of detailed ...

Article ‘Count’ and ‘Share’ for Micrographia Bio based on listed parameters only. The articles listed below published by authors from Micrographia Bio, organized by journal and article, represent the ...