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Volume 341:458 August 5, 1999 Number 6
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Hooke's Micrographia

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CD-ROM. System needed: Multimedia IBM PC or compatible, with 8 MB RAM. (Also available for Macintosh Power Mac with 5 MB RAM.) Oakland, Calif., Octavo, 1999. $30. ISBN 1-891788-02-7.

Robert Hooke had one of the most creative minds in the history of science. His original Micrographia, a 1665 masterpiece of scientific observation, weighed 3 pounds, yet it can now be held in the hand and savored as one's own private copy in the form of a glistening compact disk weighing less than 2 g. This book and similar treasures exist in only a few libraries and are often inaccessible to readers. The CD-ROM of Micrographia is one of a newly published series, selected and electronically converted by its publisher, Octavo, and available without the hassles of distant travel.

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