1. Huygens Christiaan Huygens. Christiaan Huygens came from an important Dutch family. Hisfather Constantin Huygens had studied natural philosophy and was a diplomat. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Huygens.html

Christiaan Huygens Born: 14 April 1629 in The Hague, Netherlands Died: 8 July 1695 in The Hague, Netherlands Click the picture above to see six larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Christiaan Huygens came from an important Dutch family. His father Constantin Huygens had studied natural philosophy and was a diplomat. It was through him that Christiaan was to gain access to the top scientific circles of the times. In particular Constantin had many contacts in England and corresponded regularly with Mersenne and was a friend of Descartes Tutored at home by private teachers until he was 16 years old, Christiaan learned geometry, how to make mechanical models and social skills such as playing the lute. His mathematical education was clearly influenced by Descartes who was an occasional visitor at the Huygens' home and took a great interest in the mathematical progress of the young Christiaan. Christiaan Huygens studied law and mathematics at the University of Leiden from 1645 until 1647. Van Schooten tutored him in mathematics while he was in Leiden. From 1647 until 1649 he continued to study law and mathematics but now at the College of Orange at Breda. Here he was fortunate to have another skilled teacher of mathematics, John

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4. Biographies Info Science : Huygens Christiaan Translate this page nouvelle recherche, huygens christiaan Mathématicien, astronome 1695).Christiaan Huygens naît le 14 avril 1629 à La Haye (Pays-Bas). Issu http://www.infoscience.fr/histoire/biograph/biograph.php3?Ref=77

5. Huygens Christiaan Translate this page huygens christiaan Historique En 1629, Christiaan Huygens naquità La Haye. Deuxième des quatre fils d'un personnage aux dons http://www.lycee-international.com/travaux/HISTMATH/huygens/

Liste de Mathématiciens Al Khwarizmi Apollonius de Perge Archimède Argand Jean Bezout Etienne Bombelli Rafaele Boole George Cardano Girolamo Cauchy Augustin Chasles Michel De Moivre Abraham De Morgan Augustus Del Ferro Scipione Descartes René Eratosthene Euclide Fermat Pierre Ferrari Ludovico Fibonacci Leonardo Galois Evariste Gauss Carl Germain Sophie Huygens Christiaan Leibniz Gottfried Pascal Blaise Peano Guiseppe Pythagore Tartaglia Nicolo Viete François Zenon d Elée Huygens Christiaan Historique En 1629, Christiaan Huygens naquit à La Haye. Deuxième des quatre fils d'un personnage aux dons multiples, il bénéficia d'une éducation exemplaire et d'un climat familial exceptionnel. Son père Constantijn Huygens était à l'ami de Descartes et un correspondant assidu de Mersenne. Il étudia les droits à Leyde, mais montra rapidement un grand intéret pour les mathématiques. C'est dans des oeuvres de Descartes que Huygens fit ses études scientifiques. Christiaan Huygens se rendit à plusieurs reprises à Londres et à Paris (1655,1660-1661,1663-1664). Huygens était une grande figure dans les domaines mathématiques. Il fait parti des fondateurs de la mécanique et de la physique optique. En meme temps que sa découverte de l'anneau de Saturne, il y avait une polémique continue, particulièrement avec V. Viviani, qui réclama la priorité galiléenne de l'application de la découverte de l'application du pendule à l'horloge, qui a été présentée comme une invetion de la science hollandaise dans l'Horlogium oscillatorium (La Haye 1673). Huygens a aussi inventé l'oculaire qui porte son nom.

6. IMSS - Multimedia Catalogue - Biography Christiaan HUYGENS Christiaan HUYGENS. The Hague, 1629 1695. Huygens was a great figurein the fields of research into mathematical physics, astronomy http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/museo/b/ehuygen.html

Christiaan HUYGENS The Hague, 1629 - 1695 Huygens was a great figure in the fields of research into mathematical physics, astronomy and optics, and among the founders of mechanics and optical physics. The telescope invented by him allowed one to distinguish the ring of Saturn, to make astrological observations about the planets, of the nebula of Orion and of the Moon, all reported in Systema Saturnium (1659). Huygens also maintained reports of the correspondence within the scientific community of Tuscany in the time of the Accademia del Cimento ; such reports were constituted above all by an attempt to define the nature of the ring which encircles Saturn. At the same time, there was an ongoing controversy, especially with V. Viviani , who claimed the Galilean priority of the discovery of the application of the pendulum to a clock , which was presented as an invention of Dutch science in Horologium oscillatorium (The Hague 1658). Huygens is also remembered for the invention of the eye-piece which takes its name from him. Next Previous Index Home Page Catalogue ... Italiano

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Huygens Christiaan (1629 - 1695) home page back Astronomo e fisico olandese, Huygens fu probabilmente il miglior osservatore con i cannocchiali del suo tempo. nel 1655 scoprì Titano, il satellite più luminoso di Saturno, e fu il primo a rendersi conto che l'aspetto strano del pianeta era dovuto ad un sistema di anelli. Fu anche il primo a scorgere segni (reali) su Marte, anche se i tratti riportati sono sicuramente di dimensioni maggiori di ciò che aveva visto. Questi tre disegni eseguiti da Huygens, sono i primi che si conoscano che mostrino segni evidenti della superficie del pianeta. Ecco come l'astronomo descriveva il pianeta rosso che considerava, con normalità, abitato da essseri intelligenti: home page back

8. Stichting Huygens-Fokker: Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens (16291695). Uitgaven van zijn werk. Huygens, Christiaan. Lecycle harmonique. Rotterdam, 1691; Novus cyclus harmonicus, Leiden, 1724. http://www.xs4all.nl/~huygensf/huygens.html

Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) Christiaan Huygens beschreef het 31-toonsstelsel in zijn Lettre touchant le cycle harmonique (Rotterdam 1691) en in Novus cyclus harmonicus (Leiden 1724). Eerder in 1661 had hij al aantekeningen gemaakt waarin hij het volgende bereikte: Hij ontwikkelde een elegante methode om de snaarlengten te berekenen voor een willekeurige regelmatige stemming, die hij uitsluitend op de middentoonstemming toepaste. Hij bedacht een manier om logaritmen toe te passen in de berekening van snaarlengten en intervalgrootten. Hij toonde het nauwe verband tussen de middentoonstemming en de 31-toonsstemming aan. Hij onderkende de mogelijke consonante aard van de septimale intervallen zoals 4:7 en 5:7, en gaf aan dat deze werden benaderd door respectievelijk de overmatige sext en overmatige kwart, in de middentoonstemming en 31-toonsstemming. Gravure van Frederik Ottens gebaseerd op het portret van Edelinck voor de uitgave van 's-Gravesande van de Opera varia Gravure van Gerard Edelinck (1687) Huygens' naam is onverbrekelijk met de verdeling van het octaaf in 31 gelijke delen geassocieerd. Hij was echter niet de eerste die een 31-toonsverdeling beschreven had, want Nicola Vicentino (1555), Fabio Colonna (1618) en Lemme Rossi (1666) hadden dat reeds eerder gedaan. Huygens was niet op de hoogte van hun geschriften en instrumenten, op Vicentino's archicembalo na waar hij via

9. Stichting Huygens-Fokker: Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens (16291695). Publications of his work. Huygens, Christiaan.Le cycle harmonique. Rotterdam, 1691; Novus cyclus harmonicus, Leiden, 1724. http://www.xs4all.nl/~huygensf/english/huygens.html

Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) Christiaan Huygens described the 31-tone system in his Lettre touchant le cycle harmonique (Rotterdam 1691) and in Novus cyclus harmonicus (Leiden 1724). Earlier in 1661 he had already made notes in which he accomplished the following: He developed an elegant method to calculate string lengths for any regular tuning system, which he applied exclusively to meantone tuning. He worked out the use of logarithms in the calculation of string lengths and interval sizes. He demonstrated the close relationship between meantone tuning and 31-tone equal temperament. He recognised the possible consonant nature of intervals with septimal ratios like 4:7 and 5:7, and showed that they are approximated by the augmented sixth and augmented fourth, respectively, in meantone temperament and 31-tone equal temperament. Engraving by Frederik Ottens based on the portrait of Edelinck for the publication by 's-Gravesande of the Opera varia Engraving by Gerard Edelinck (1687) Huygens' name is invariably associated with the division of the octave into 31 equal parts. He was not the first one however to describe the 31-tone octave division. A similar division is implicit in the works of authors such as Nicola Vicentino (1555) and Fabio Colonna (1618), while several 17th-century 31-tone keyboards were built, all following more or less the design of Vicentino's archicembalo. The first explicit description of the 31-tone scale, together with string lengths, is in Lemme Rossi's Sistema musico

10. Huygens Christiaan Huygens. April 14 1629 July 8 1695 Born and died in TheHague, Netherlands. Welcome page Instructions Birthplace map http://physics.hallym.ac.kr/reference/physicist/Huygens.html

Christiaan Huygens April 14 1629 - July 8 1695 Born and died in The Hague, Netherlands. Welcome page Instructions Birthplace map Mathematicians of the day ... Previous (Chronologically) Next Chronological Index Previous ( Alphabetically) Next Alphabetical Index In 1656 Huygens patented the first pendulum clock, which greatly increased the accuracy of time measurement. Tutored at home by private teachers, Huygens later studied law and mathematics at the University of Leiden and the College of Orange at Breda. His most productive period (1650-66) was spent at The Hague in relative solitude. However his long stay from 1666 to 1681 in Paris was spent with some of the greatest scientists of the age. Huygens's first publications in 1651 and 1654 considered mathematical problems, but he soon he turned to lens grinding. Using one of his own lenses, Huygens detected, in 1655, the first moon of Saturn. The following year he discovered the true shape of the rings of Saturn and in Systema Saturnium (1659), Huygens explained the phases and changes in the shape of the ring. In 1656 Huygens patented the first pendulum clock, which greatly increased the accuracy of time measurement. In the

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Födelseland: Holland Födelseår: 1629 Död år: 1695 Christiaan Huygens var ett holländskt geni som levde ett händelselöst men mycket produktivt liv. Han föddes i Haag år 1629 och studerade i Leyden under Frans van Schooten den yngre. Fadern var en framstående statsman. År 1651, vid 22 års ålder, publicerade han en artikel som kritiserade ett arbete om cirkelns kvadratur vilket ledde till Snels trigonometriska förbättring vid beräkning av pi. Han fann tillsammans med sin broder nya och bättre sätt för att slipa och putsa speglar . Han observerade en del, blev den förste år 1655 att upptäckta att Saturnus omgavs av ringar och ej av några stillastående satelliter som Galileo Galilei trodde. Huygens upptäckte också mönstret på Mars (senare kallade "canali" av Schiaparelli) och Saturnus måne Titan (som Huygenssonden snart skall besöka). Hans arbeten inom astronomin ledde indirekt till uppfinningen av pendelklockan som behövdes för att beräkna tiderna hos himlakropparnas rörelse på ett exakt sätt. Inom sannolikhetsläran publicerade han den första boken som handlade om det matematiska begreppet sannolikhet (expectation). Han flyttade till Paris år 1665 för att nyttja en pension som hade getts till honom av Louis XIV. Där fann han år 1668 att den resulterande momentvektorn efter en krock mellan två kroppar är summan av dess separata momentvektorer. År 1673, i Paris, publicerades Huygens viktigaste verk

12. Stargazer Online || Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens A View to the Universe. Christiaan Huygens was a contemporaryof Robert Hooke, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Jan Vermeer, and Isaac Newton. http://my.voyager.net/~stargazer/huygens.html

MAIN PAGE Observing Binocular Messier Log Clear Skies! Constellation Club Deep Sky Marathon ... Messier Marathon Astrophotography Night Shots Articles First Light Night Sky on Paper Star-hopping the Scorpion A Fall of Stars ... Winter Night My Travels Starfest 2001 Texas Star Party Yerkes Observatory Biography Christiaan Huygens Charles Messier Carl Sagan Solar System Main Page The Sun Mercury Venus ... Comets KAS Online Main Page General Meetings Schedule of Events eFOCUS ... Astronomy Day Links Astroweb Yellow Pages Personal Pages Christiaan Huygens: A View to the Universe by Mike Sinclair "We shall be less apt to admire what this World calls great...when we know that there are a multitude of such Earths inhabited and adorn'd as well as our own." At the time Christiaan Huygens wrote those words, intellectuals in Europe were still arguing over the Copernican and Aristotelian models of the universe. Huygens, unlike many of his colleagues in the 17th century, was convinced that the Copernican view was completely accepted by all astronomers except those who "were a bit slow-witted or under the superstitions imposed by merely human authority."

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17. Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens. In 1656 Christiaan Huygens patented the first pendulumclock, which greatly increased the accuracy of time measurement. http://physics.rug.ac.be/Fysica/Geschiedenis/Mathematicians/Huygens.html

Christiaan Huygens Born: 14 April 1629 in The Hague, Netherlands Died: 8 July 1695 in The Hague, Netherlands In 1656 Christiaan Huygens patented the first pendulum clock, which greatly increased the accuracy of time measurement. Christiaan Huygens came from an important Dutch family. His father Constantin Huygens had studied natural philosophy and was a diplomat. It was through him that Christiaan was to gain access to the top scientific circles of the times. In particular Constantin had many contacts in England and corresponded regularly with Mersenne and was a friend of Descartes. Tutored at home by private teachers until he was 16 years old, Christiaan learned geometry, how to make mechanical models and social skills such as playing the lute. His mathematical education was clearly influenced by Descartes who was an occasional visitor at the Huygens' home and took a great interest in the mathematical progress of the young Christiaan. Christiaan Huygens studied law and mathematics at the University of Leiden from 1645 until 1647. Van Schooten tutored him in mathematics while he was in Leiden. From 1647 until 1649 he continued to study law and mathematics but now at the College of Orange at Breda. Here he was fortunate to have another skilled teacher of mathematics, John Pell. Through his father's contact with Mersenne, a correspondence between Huygens and Mersenne began around this time. Mersenne challenged Huygens to solve a number of problems including the shape of the rope supported from its ends. Although he failed at this problem he did solve the related problem of how to hang weights on the rope so that it hung in a parabolic shape.

18. Christiaan Huygens - Wikipedia Christiaan Huygens. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Christiaan Huygens (bornin The Hague on April 14, 1629) was a Dutch mathematician and physicist. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Huygens

Main Page Recent changes Edit this page Older versions Special pages Set my user preferences My watchlist Recently updated pages Upload image files Image list Registered users Site statistics Random article Orphaned articles Orphaned images Popular articles Most wanted articles Short articles Long articles Newly created articles Interlanguage links All pages by title Blocked IP addresses Maintenance page External book sources Printable version Talk Log in Help Other languages: Deutsch Nederlands Christiaan Huygens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Christiaan Huygens (born in The Hague on April 14 ), one of the key figures in the Scientific revolution , was a Dutch mathematician and physicist . He is the son of Constantijn Huygens In , he discovered Saturn 's moon Titan . He also examined Saturn's planetary rings , and in he found out those rings consisted of rocks. In the same year he observed the Orion Nebula . Using his modern telescope he was able to divide the nebula into different stars . The brighter interior of the Orion Nebula is called the Huygens Region . He also discovered several interstellar nebulae and some double stars After Blaise Pascal encouraged him to do so, Huygens wrote the first book on

19. Christiaan Huygens - Wikipedia Christiaan Huygens. (Redirected from Christian Huygens). Christiaan Huygens (bornin The Hague on April 14, 1629) was a Dutch mathematician and physicist. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Huygens

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20. Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens 16291695 Christiaan Huygens came from an importantDutch family. His father was a diplomat. It was through him http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/periodictable/html/Hg.html

Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens came from an important Dutch family. His father was a diplomat. It was through him that Christiaan was to gain access to the top scientific circles of the times. Tutored at home by private teachers until he was 16 years old, Huygens learned geometry and how to make mechanical models and social skills such as playing the lute. His mathematical education was clearly influenced by Descartes who was an occasional visitor at the Huygens' home, and took a great interest in the mathematical progress of the young Christiaan. Huygens studied law and mathematics at the University of Leiden and the College of Orange at Breda. Through his father's contact with Mersenne, a correspondence between Huygens and Mersenne began around this time. Mersenne challenged Huygens to solve a number of problems including the shape of the rope supported from its ends. Although he failed at this problem, he did solve the related problem of how to hang weights on the rope so that it hung in a parabolic shape. Huygens's first publications in 1651 and 1654 considered the fallacy in methods proposed to square the circle. Huygens soon turned his attention to lens grinding and telescope construction. Around 1654 he devised a new and better way of grinding and polishing lenses. Using one of his own lenses, Huygens detected, in 1655, the first moon of Saturn. The following year he discovered the true shape of the rings of Saturn.

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