Home | World Transforming Personalities | Christiaan Hugens

Sections

Newsletter
Email:
Poll: Like Our New Look?
Do you like our new look & feel?

Christiaan Hugens

Font size: Decrease font Enlarge font

Nationality: Dutch (Netherlands)

Known to be: Physicist, astronomer, mathematician and founder of the wave theory of light.

Born: 14 April 1629 in The Hague, Netherlands

Died: 8 July 1695 in The Hague, Netherlands

Christiaan Huygens came from an important Dutch family. His father Constantin Huygens had studied natural philosophy and was a diplomat.

Physicist, astronomer, mathematician and founder of the wave theory of light. His book, Treatise on Light, makes fascinating reading even today. He brilliantly explained the double refraction shown by the mineral calcite in his worn in addition to reflection and refraction. He was the first to analyze circular and simple harmonic motion and designed and built improved clocks and telescopes. He discovered the true geometry of Saturn’s rings.

Abha, 10+1 (Medical)

Wisdom World School

Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

Rate this article
0