A look at the history of labs, from Robert Hooke to their current spread beyond the sciences
A day in the life of Robert Hooke, one of the world’s first bona fide experimental scientists working in London in the 1660s, would start with a hearty breakfast with his domestic staff, the stray cousins and nieces he had taken into his home and the skilled technicians he worked with.
According to his diaries, Hooke would then do some experiments – “Tryd experiment of gunpowder” is a typical entry – in his own laboratory, close to his rooms at…
