Christiaan Huygens

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Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695)

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Although mathematics was not part of his course work, de Moivre read several works on mathematics on his own including Elémens des mathématiques by Jean Prestet and a short treatise on games of chance, De Ratiociniis in Ludo Aleae, by Christiaan Huygens. Source: Internet

Christiaan Huygens, aOeuvres complètes, letter to his brother 23 September 1667 The quality of Spinoza's lenses was much praised by Christiaan Huygens, among others. Source: Internet

Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) worked out a mathematical wave theory of light in 1678, and published it in his Treatise on light in 1690. Source: Internet

His ideas attracted interest at the time, and were supported by both Jean Picard and Christiaan Huygens in 1673, and also studied at the Royal Society in London. Source: Internet

From its invention in 1656 by Christiaan Huygens until the 1930s, the pendulum clock was the world's most precise timekeeper, accounting for its widespread use. Source: Internet

Independently, Christiaan Huygens published details of a heliocentric planetary machine in 1703, which he built while resident in Paris between 1665 and 1681. Source: Internet

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