Recording: Christiaan Huygens: The Father of Modern Science
Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) is one of the greats in the history of physics, right up there with the likes of Newton and Galilei. English author and journalist Hugh Aldersey-Williams has written a comprehensive history of Huygens, his inventions and mathematical proofs, and the times in which he grew up and shared his theories.
If you’d like to learn more about this classical figure and his impact on what we know and do in math and science today, join us for this Zoom lecture and interview on Wednesday, February 10th!