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Lenses and Waves: Christiaan Huygens and the Mathematical Science of Optics in the Seventeenth Century

By Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2004
ISBN
9781402026973, 9781402026980, 1402026978
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3292347 bytes)
Series
Archimedes: New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 9
Pages
300\300
Topic
Physics
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Физика;История физики

Description

This book discusses the development of Christiaan Huygens' wave theory, reconstructing the winding road that eventually led to Trade de la Lumiere. For the first time, the full range of manuscript sources is taken into account. In addition, the development of Huygens' thinking on the nature of light is put in the context of his optics as a whole, which was dominated by his lifelong pursuit of theoretical and practical dioptrics. In so doing, this book offers the first account of the development of Hygens' mathematical analysis of lenses and telescopes and its significance for the origin of the wave theory of light. Students of the history of optics, of early mathematical physics, and the Scientific Revolution, will find this book enlightening.

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