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“The world is my country. Science my religion.”

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Christiaan Huygens

Dutch mathematician, astronomer, physicist, and inventor. Born on April 14, 1629, in The Hague, Netherlands, and died on July 8, 1695. Huygens made significant contributions to mathematics, astronomy, physics, and invention, particularly in the fields of optics and mechanics. more

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