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Christian Huygens
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Author : A. E. Bell
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2012-12-03
Christian Huygens written by A. E. Bell and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-03 with Religion categories.
A fascinating biography of one of the finest renaissance minds. Huygens was a polymath almost without equal, credited with discovering the rings of Saturn, the moon Titan, the invention of the pendulum clock and groundbreaking studies on optics and centrifugal forces, this study goes beyond these discoveries to find out more about the man and what made him strive to know more. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Huygens The Man Behind The Principle
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Author : C. D. Andriesse
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-08-25
Huygens The Man Behind The Principle written by C. D. Andriesse and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Huygens: The Man Behind the Principle is the story of the great seventeenth-century Dutch mathematician and physicist, Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695). As the first complete biography ever written this book describes in detail how Huygens arrived at discoveries and inventions that are often wrongly ascribed to Newton. 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 so famous that he was invited to be the first director of the French Academy of Science, but his life as director teetered on the edge of powerlessness. Despite Huygens' many achievements no complete biography has previously been published in English. This book gives scientists and historians the opportunity to learn more about all aspects of Huygens' life while bringing his story to a wider audience.
Dutch Light
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Author : Hugh Aldersey-Williams
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2020-09-03
Dutch Light written by Hugh Aldersey-Williams and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Enchanting to the point of escapism.' – Simon Ings, Spectator 'Hugh Aldersey-Williams rescues his subject from Newton's shadow, where he was been unjustly confined for over three hundred years.' – Literary Review Filled with incident, discovery, and revelation, Dutch Light is a vivid account of Christiaan Huygens’s remarkable life and career, but it is also nothing less than the story of the birth of modern science as we know it. Europe’s greatest scientist during the latter half of the seventeenth century, Christiaan Huygens was a true polymath. A towering figure in the fields of astronomy, optics, mechanics, and mathematics, many of his innovations in methodology, optics and timekeeping remain in use to this day. Among his many achievements, he developed the theory of light travelling as a wave, invented the mechanism for the pendulum clock, and discovered the rings of Saturn – via a telescope that he had also invented. A man of fashion and culture, Christiaan came from a family of multi-talented individuals whose circle included not only leading figures of Dutch society, but also artists and philosophers such as Rembrandt, Locke and Descartes. The Huygens family and their contemporaries would become key actors in the Dutch Golden Age, a time of unprecedented intellectual expansion within the Netherlands. Set against a backdrop of worldwide religious and political turmoil, this febrile period was defined by danger, luxury and leisure, but also curiosity, purpose, and tremendous possibility. Following in Huygens’s footsteps as he navigates this era while shuttling opportunistically between countries and scientific disciplines, Hugh Aldersey-Williams builds a compelling case to reclaim Huygens from the margins of history and acknowledge him as one of our most important and influential scientific figures.
Walking With Christiaan Huygens
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Author : Tijmen Jan Moser
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Treatise On Light
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Author : Christiaan Huygens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-01
Treatise On Light written by Christiaan Huygens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01 with Science categories.
Lenses And Waves
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Author : Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-01-20
Lenses And Waves written by Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-20 with Science categories.
In 1690, Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) published Traité de la Lumière, containing his renowned wave theory of light. It is considered a landmark in seventeenth-century science, for the way Huygens mathematized the corpuscular nature of light and his probabilistic conception of natural knowledge. This book discusses the development of Huygens' wave theory, reconstructing the winding road that eventually led to Traité de la Lumière. For the first time, the full range of manuscript sources is taken into account. In addition, the development of Huygens' thinking on the nature of light is put in the context of his optics as a whole, which was dominated by his lifelong pursuit of theoretical and practical dioptrics. In so doing, this book offers the first account of the development of Huygens' mathematical analysis of lenses and telescopes and its significance for the origin of the wave theory of light. As Huygens applied his mathematical proficiency to practical issues pertaining to telescopes – including trying to design a perfect telescope by means of mathematical theory – his dioptrics is significant for our understanding of seventeenth-century relations between theory and practice. With this full account of Huygens' optics, this book sheds new light on the history of seventeenth-century optics and the rise of the new mathematical sciences, as well as Huygens' oeuvre as a whole. Students of the history of optics, of early mathematical physics, and the Scientific Revolution, will find this book enlightening.
Christian Huygens
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Author : Ae Bell
language : en
Publisher: Andesite Press
Release Date : 2015-08-08
Christian Huygens written by Ae Bell and has been published by Andesite Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-08 with categories.
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Christiaan Huygens The Pendulum Clock Or Geometrical Demonstrations Concerning The Motion Of Pendula As Applied To Clocks
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Author : Christiaan Huygens
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 1986
Christiaan Huygens The Pendulum Clock Or Geometrical Demonstrations Concerning The Motion Of Pendula As Applied To Clocks written by Christiaan Huygens and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Mathematics categories.
Unrolling Time
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Author : Joella G. Yoder
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1989-02-24
Unrolling Time written by Joella G. Yoder and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-02-24 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This case study examines the interrelationship between mathematics and physics in the work of one of the major figures of the Scientific Revolution, the Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695). Professor Yoder offers a detailed account of the discoveries that Huygens made at the end of 1659, including the invention of a pendulum clock that theoretically kept absolutely uniform time, and the creation of a mathematical theory of evolutes. She also describes the way that each of these important discoveries arose from the interaction of Huygens' mathematics and physics. A discussion of Huygens' relationship with other scientists and the priority disputes that sometimes motivated his research help place his work in the context of the period. The reception of Huygens' masterpiece, the Horologium Oscillatorium of 1673 and the place of evolutes in the history of mathematics are also analyzed. Finally, the role of Huygens in the rise of applied mathematics is addressed.
Studies On Christiaan Huygens
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Author : H. J. M. Bos
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Studies On Christiaan Huygens written by H. J. M. Bos and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with categories.