PREFACE
I wrote this Treatise during my sojourn in France
twelve years ago, and I communicated it in the year
1678 to the learned persons who then composed the
Royal Academy of Science, to the members...
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The Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) was the first to recognize the rings of Saturn, made pioneering studies of the dynamics of moving bodies, and was the ...
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Though one of the most brilliant minds in history, the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens enjoyed relatively little fame during his lifetime. This was chiefly due to chronological factors, for Huygens...
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Christiaan Huygens is best known for his work in astronomy and physics, but he also did important work in mathematics. Although he advanced no new theories, Huygens made improvements to existing metho...
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Though one of the most brilliant scientists in history, Christiaan Huygens enjoyed relatively little fame during his lifetime--primarily because he worked during the period directly after the death of...
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Though one of the most brilliant scientists in history, Christiaan Huygens enjoyed relatively little fame during his lifetime--primarily because he worked during the period directly after the death of...
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Treatise on Light
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens