Robert Hooke, Britain's Leonardo, papers go online

"The papers of Robert Hooke, a 17th century scientist hailed as Britain's answer to Leonardo, have gone on line so that his pioneering work can now be appreciated by a global audience. Hooke (1635-1703), the first professional scientist, was always desperate for publicity and now, three centuries after Sir Isaac Newton allegedly tried to erase him from history, his papers have been made available on the internet by the Royal Society, London"