When Hooke first announced his spring law, in 1676, he published it in the form of an anagram, giving the letters...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Robert Hooke is immortalised in his eponymous law. However, he made at least two errors in its application. First,

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Hooke’s law was generalised to three-dimensional materials by Augustin-Louis Cauchy. However, the stress of physics was not...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16