Lenses and Waves
光学In 1690, Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) published Trait de la Lumi re, containing his renowned wave theory of light. It is considered a landmark in seventeenth-century science, for the way Huygens mathematized the corpuscular nature of light and his probabilistic conception of natural knowledge. This book discusses the development of Huygens' wave theory, reconstructing the winding road that eventually led to Trait de la Lumi re. For the first time, the full range of manuscript sources is taken into account. In addition, the de