christiaan huygens

Explaining why the clock pendulum shook at the same rhythm
Physicists have officially answered the 350-year-old conundrum that energy can be transmitted through sound pulses in the air. Nearly 350 years ago, Dutch scientist & inventor
March 25, 1655: Discovering Saturn's largest satellite is Titan
Christiaan Huygens was the first to discover the Titan satellite, but the name was set by another astronomer two centuries later.
The 10 most famous physicists and astronomers of all time
Galilei, Einstein and Hawking are among the most famous scientists and have the most contributions to astrophysics.