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Lenses and waves: Christiaan Huygens and the mathematical science of optics in the seventeenth century
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. Th...
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| author | Dijksterhuis, Fokko Jan |
| author_facet | Dijksterhuis, Fokko Jan |
| author_sort | Dijksterhuis, Fokko Jan |
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| description | 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 t |
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| spelling | cern-22691062021-04-21T19:11:19Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/2269106engDijksterhuis, Fokko JanLenses and waves: Christiaan Huygens and the mathematical science of optics in the seventeenth centuryOther Fields of PhysicsIn 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 tSpringeroai:cds.cern.ch:22691062004 |
| spellingShingle | Other Fields of Physics Dijksterhuis, Fokko Jan Lenses and waves: Christiaan Huygens and the mathematical science of optics in the seventeenth century |
| title | Lenses and waves: Christiaan Huygens and the mathematical science of optics in the seventeenth century |
| title_full | Lenses and waves: Christiaan Huygens and the mathematical science of optics in the seventeenth century |
| title_fullStr | Lenses and waves: Christiaan Huygens and the mathematical science of optics in the seventeenth century |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lenses and waves: Christiaan Huygens and the mathematical science of optics in the seventeenth century |
| title_short | Lenses and waves: Christiaan Huygens and the mathematical science of optics in the seventeenth century |
| title_sort | lenses and waves: christiaan huygens and the mathematical science of optics in the seventeenth century |
| topic | Other Fields of Physics |
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