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Lenses and Waves: Christiaan Huygens and the Mathematical Science of Optics in the Seventeenth Century - Archimedes Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2004 edition
Lenses and Waves: Christiaan Huygens and the Mathematical Science of Optics in the Seventeenth Century - Archimedes
Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis
As Huygens applied his mathematical proficiency to practical issues pertaining to telescopes - including trying to design a perfect telescope by means of mathematical theory - his dioptrics is significant for our understanding of seventeenth-century relations between theory and practice.
289 pages, biography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 22, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9789048167067 |
| Publishers | Springer |
| Pages | 289 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 236 × 20 mm · 421 g |
| Language | English |
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