Lenses and Waves

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This book explores Christiaan Huygens' wave theory of light as presented in his 1690 work, Traité de la Lumière. It examines the development of his ideas within the broader context of optics and dioptrics, utilizing manuscript sources to illuminate Huygens' mathematical analysis of lenses and telescopes, enriching the understanding of seventeenth-century science.