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This biography of the 17th century mathematician and physicist Christiaan Huygens describes how Huygens arrived at discoveries and inventions that are often wrongly ascribed to Isaac Newton. He played a key role in the 'scientific revolution' and the Huygens Principle on the wave theory of light aided his reputation.Andriesse, C. D. is the author of 'Huygens The Man Behind The Principle', published 2005 under ISBN 9780521850902 and ISBN 0521850908.
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