In Summer
1995 an International Congress on Christiaan Huygens was held in Leyden
and Voorburg under the auspices of the Royal Netherlands Academy of
Arts & Sciences and the Académie des Sciences of
the Institut de France. The purpose of this major international
Congress, which drew several hundred scholars from around the world, was
to commemorate the life and work of Huygens on the four hundredth anniversary
of his death.
Without question
Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) was one of the ornaments of the century
and a key figure in what has been called the Scientific Revolution.
A gifted mathematician, Huygens was the central figure in the Académie
Royale des Sciences in Paris and is remembered for numerous positive contributions
in the sciences ranging from mechanics (stating the principle of centrifugal
force) and optics (wave theory) to applied science (pendulum clock). |
Christiaan
Huygens
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