christiaan huygens

christiaan huygens
dutch mathematician and natural philosopher

Christiaan Huygens by Caspar Netscher, Museum Hofwijck, Voorburg
Born 14 April 1629
The Hague, Dutch Republic
Died 8 {This summer|Come july 1st|September} 1695 (aged 66)
The Hague, Dutch Republic
Residence Netherlands, France
Nationality Dutch
Alma mater University of Leiden
University of Angers
Known for Titan
{Description|Justification|Reason} of Saturn's rings
Centrifugal force
Collision formulae
Pendulum clock
Huygens-Fresnel principle
{Influx|Trend|Say} theory
Huygens' engine
Birefringence
Evolute
Huygenian eyepiece
{thirty-one|23|31st} equal temperament musical {fine-tuning|fine tuning}
Huygens-Steiner theorem
Scientific {profession|job}
Fields Physics
Mathematics
Astronomy
Horology
Institutions Royal Society of {Greater london|London, uk|Birmingham}
French Academy of {Évaluer|Déterminer|Identifier}
Influences Galileo Galilei
Ren? Descartes
Frans van Schooten
Influenced Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Isaac Newton[1][2]*********