Dutch Light: Christiaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe

Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Enchanting to the point of escapism.' – Simon Ings, -Spectator. 'Hugh Aldersey-Williams rescues his subject from Newton's shadow, where he was been unjustly confined for over three hundred years.' – Literary Review. Filled with incident, discovery, and revelation, Dutch Light is a vivid account of Chris...