Friday, 19 October 2012

Huygens

In 1678 the Dutch physicist Christian Huygens wrote a treatise on the wave theory of light. This is now known as Huygens Principle.

Walter Lewin is a Dutch astrophysicist and professor emeritus of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In this lecture he explains how to pronounce the name Huygens correctly.



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(thanks Cora)

2 comment(s):

Anonymous said...

haha, erg grappig, hij heeft gelijk

L'il Belgian said...

A stab to the heart...