This biography on Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) describes in detail how he arrived at discoveries and inventions often wrongly ascribed to Newton. The great seventeenth-century Dutch mathematician and physicist played a key role in the 'scientific revolution' and the Huygens Principle on the wave theory of light helped establish his reputation. Moreover, the discovery of Saturn's rings and the invention of the pendulum clock made him so famous that he was invited to be the first director of the French Academy of Science.
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Huygens: The Man Behind the Principle is the story of the great seventeenth-century Dutch mathematician and physicist, Christiaan Huygens (1629 1695). Huygens played a key role in the 'scientific revolution' and the Huygens Principle on the wave theory of light helped establish his reputation. The discovery of Saturn's rings and the invention of the pendulum clock made him famous but no complete biography has previously been published in English. This book allows scientists and historians to learn more about Huygens' life while bringing his story to a wider audience.
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Het Plein, Christiaan Huygens, Johan de Witt, Royal Society, East India Company, Philips Doublet, Eustachio Divini, Frederik Hendrik, Gregorius van Sint-Vincent, Isaac Newton, Philosophical Transactions, Systema Saturnium, Gilles de Roberval, Marin Mersenne, Miss La Cour, Pierre de Carcavy, Robert Hooke, Council of State, General Principle, Giovanni Cassini, Gottfried Kinner von Loewenthurn, House of Orange, Van Helden, Adrien Auzout, Elizabeth Buat New!
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Het Plein, Christiaan Huygens, Johan de Witt, Royal Society, East India Company, Philips Doublet, Eustachio Divini, Frederik Hendrik, Gregorius van Sint-Vincent, Isaac Newton, Philosophical Transactions, Systema Saturnium, Gilles de Roberval, Marin Mersenne, Miss La Cour, Pierre de Carcavy, Robert Hooke, Council of State, General Principle, Giovanni Cassini, Gottfried Kinner von Loewenthurn, House of Orange, Van Helden, Adrien Auzout, Elizabeth Buat New!
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- Studies on Christiaan Huygens by Symposium on the Life and Work of Christiaan Huygens on 7 pages
- Seventeenth Century by Paul Noble in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- GENERAL CRISIS 17TH CENTURY PB by Geoffrey Parker in Back Matter
- Renaissance and Revolution: Humanists, Scholars, Craftsmen and Natural Philosophers in Early Modern Europe by J. V. Field in Back Matter
- Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays, Volume II by Arthur Schopenhauer in Back Matter
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