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The mystery of the missing portrait of Robert Hooke, 17th-century scientist extraordinaire

  • Written by Larry Griffing, Associate Professor of Biology, Texas A&M University
imageKnown as Mary Beale's 'Portrait of a Mathematician,' could the circa 1680 painting depict Hooke?Mary Beale, CC BY

Groundbreaking discoveries in science often come with two iconic images, one representing the breakthrough and the other, the discoverer. For example, the page from Darwin’s notebook sketching the branching pattern of evolution oft...

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