Traité de la lumière
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Traité de la lumière is a seminal 1690 scientific treatise that presents Christiaan Huygens’ wave theory of light, including the principle now known as Huygens’ principle.
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| instanceOf |
book
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optics treatise → physics book → scientific treatise → |
| author |
Christiaan Huygens
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| authorBirthName |
Christiaan Huygens
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| authorNationality |
Dutch
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| citedAs |
foundational work in wave optics
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| contribution |
early formulation of wave theory of light
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explanation of double refraction in Iceland spar → explanation of refraction using wavefronts → geometrical construction for wavefront propagation → |
| countryOfFirstPublication |
France
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| describes |
double refraction in crystals
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propagation of light as waves → reflection of light → refraction of light → speed of light → |
| documentedIn |
history of optics
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| fieldOfStudy |
optics
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physics → |
| genre |
scientific literature
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| hasInfluenceOn |
classical wave optics textbooks
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modern understanding of wavefront propagation → |
| hasPart |
discussion of double refraction
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discussion of reflection → discussion of refraction → discussion of speed of light measurements → geometrical constructions of wavefronts → |
| historicalPeriod |
Scientific Revolution
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| influenced |
19th-century wave theory of light
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Augustin-Jean Fresnel → development of wave optics → |
| mainSubject |
Huygens' principle
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optics → wave theory of light → |
| notableFor |
introduction of Huygens' principle
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systematic presentation of wave theory of light → |
| opposedTo |
corpuscular theory of light
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| originalLanguage |
French
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| proposes |
Huygens' principle
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| publicationCentury |
17th century
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| publicationType |
monograph
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| publicationYear |
1690
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| titleInEnglish |
Treatise on Light
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Christiaan Huygens
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Huygens–Fresnel principle
("Huygens wave theory of light")
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Traité de la lumière
("Treatise on Light")
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titleInEnglish |