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One notable gathering took place in 1685, where three of England’s most brilliant minds converged at a coffee house: Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke, and Edmund Halley. Wren, the renowned architect known for reconstructing St. Paul’s Cathedral following the Great Fire of London, contributed not only his architectural prowess but also a keen scientific insight. Hooke, celebrated for his pioneering work in physics—most notably his formulation of the law of elasticity—brought his inquisitive nature to the conversation. Halley, the astronomer whose name would eventually be immortalized through Halley's Comet, provided an astronomical perspective that added layers to their discourse.