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Christiaan Huygens


 

Christiaan Huygens (pronounced in English (IPA): {{IPA|}}; in Dutch: {{IPA|}}) (April 14, 1629July 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.

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