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    Christiaan Huygens

    Dutch mathematician and physicist (1629–1695)

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    Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, FRS (HY-gənz,[2]HOY-gənz;[3]Dutch:[ˈkrɪstijaːnˈɦœyɣə(n)s]ⓘ; also spelled Huyghens; Latin: Hugenius; 14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in the Scientific Revolution.[4][5] In physics, Huygens made seminal contributions to optics and mechanics, while as an astronomer he studied the rings of Saturn and discovered its largest moon, Titan.

    As an engineer and inventor, he improved the design of telescopes and invented the pendulum clock, the most accurate timekeeper for almost 300 years. A talented mathematician and physicist, his works contain the first idealization of a physical problem by a set of mathematicalparameters, and the first mathematical and mechanistic explanation of