Hooke

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hooke
       n : 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) [syn: {Robert Hooke}]