Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens (pronounced in English (IPA): {{IPA|}}; in Dutch: {{IPA|}}) (April 14, 1629–July 8, 1695), was a Dutch mathematician and physicist; born in The Hague as the son of Constantijn Huygens. He studied law at the University of Leiden and the College of Orange in Breda before turning to science. Historians commonly associate Huygens with the scientific revolution.
External links
- MacTutor: Christiaan Huygens
- Treatise on Light translated into English by Silvanus P. Thompson, Project Gutenberg etext.
- Huygens Clocks exhibition from the Science Museum, London
- Huygens–Fokker Foundation—on Huygens' 31-to-the-octave musical scale and how it has been used
- How to pronounce "Huygens" (includes sound file of pronunciations by Dutch people)
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