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 Robert 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: Hooke]