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Title: Christiaan Huygens


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Christiaan Huygens
  • By Maddy

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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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