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Christiaan Huygens

Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)

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About Christiaan Huygens

Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in the Scientific Revolution. In physics, Huygens made seminal contributions to optics and mechanics, while as an astronomer he studied the rings of Saturn and discovered its largest moon, Titan. As an engineer and inventor, he improved the design of telescopes and invented the pendulum clock, the most accurate timekeeper for almost 300 years. A talented mathematician and physicist, Huygens authored the first modern treatise where a physical problem was idealized using mathematical parameters, while his work on light contains the first mathematical and mechanistic explanation of an unobservable physical phenomenon.

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Occupation: astronomer, mathematician, physicist, musicologist
Citizenship: Dutch Republic
Born: April 14, 1629
Died: July 8, 1695, June 8, 1695

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Oeuvres complètes de Christiaan Huygens. Publiées par la Société hollandaise des sciences.Horologium Oscillatorium Systema Saturnium De Saturni Luna Observatio Nova Discours de la cause de la pesanteur De Circuli Magnitudine Inventa Treatise on Light De wereldbeschouwer, of gissingen over de hemelsche aardklooten, en derzelver cieraad Cosmotheoros

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