C. D. Andriesse

Huygens

The Man Behind the Principle

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

2005 biography detailing the life and work of the seventeenth-century Dutch mathematician and physicist, Christiaan Huygens (1629 1695).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 683g
• ISBN-13: 9780521181433
• ISBN-10: 0521181437
• Artikelnr.: 32306661

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
A commemoration
1. Titan
2. Father
3. Mother
4. Family portrait
5. Student
6. Collisions
7. Saturn
8. Force
9. Temperament
10. Weight
11. Crisis
12. Light
13. Dismissal
14. Orphan
15. Heaven
References
Bibliography
Further reading.

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Preface; A commemoration; 1. Titan; 2. Father; 3. Mother; 4. Family portrait; 5. Student; 6. Collisions; 7. Saturn; 8. Force; 9. Temperament; 10. Weight; 11. Crisis; 12. Light; 13. Dismissal; 14. Orphan; 15. Heaven; References; Bibliography; Further reading.

Rezensionen

Review of the hardback: 'This biography by C. D. Andriesse ... brings a wealth of newly translated information, making it the richest source of information in English about the seventeenth-century Dutch polymath. ... Andriesse's book is a fascinating account ...' Nature