Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in the Scientific Revolution. In physics, Huygens made seminal contributions to optics and mechanics, while as an astronomer he studied the rings of Saturn and discovered its largest moon, Titan. As an engineer and inventor, he improved the design of telescopes and invented the pendulum clock, the most accurate timekeeper for almost 300 years.
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Background
- Born in
- The Hague
- Educated at
- Leiden UniversityUniversity of AngersOrange College of Breda
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Frans van Schooten🎓 Jan Jansz de Jonge Stampioen
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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"I do not mind at all that is not a Cartesian provided he does not offer us suppositions like that of attraction."
"We shall be less apt to admire what this World calls Great, shall nobly despise those Trifles the generality of Men set their Affections on, when we know that there are a multitude of such Earths inha…"
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1629
Born
Birth1695
Died
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