Christiaan Huygens

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Christiaan Huygens

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Childhood

• Born in The Hague, Netherlands in the year 1629
• Homeschooled until 16 by private teachers
• His family was a very important Dutch family

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Earlier in Life Career

• Interested in the heavens
• Discovered many views of the solar system
• Created and built large telescopes
• Published his and the first book on probability
  theory

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Adulthood

• Elected to the Royal Society in1633
• Published many books
• Died in the Netherlands in 1695
• After he died many things were named after him
• Mentor of Gottfried Leibniz in mathematics

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• PICTURES OF CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS

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