Christiaan Huygens (14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695). Dutch mathematician and scientist. He is known particularly as an astronomer, physicist, probabilist and horologist His most famous invention was a pendulum clock that improved the accuracy of timekeeping enormously

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Christiaan Huygens (14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695). Dutch mathematician and scientist. He is known particularly as an astronomer, physicist, probabilist and horologist His most famous invention was a pendulum clock that improved the accuracy of timekeeping enormously

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