Christiaan Huygens was a Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer with a major scientific influence in the era before Isaac Newton. His contributions to modern science include the Huygens-Fresnel principle, the explanation of the aspects of Saturn in terms of a ring system and a vision of extra-terrestrial life. |
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Hello there, thanks for visiting my page. I am a physicist/astronomer/applied mathematician/archivist/teacher living in Utrecht, The Netherlands. My interests include science, history, anthropology, art and languages. I am also lucky enough to be a Wikipedian in Residence at the African Studies Centre Leiden, Leiden University, the Netherlands.[1][2][3][4]