Sunday, October 21, 2012

How to Pronounce Huygens



Or, conversely, how to tell if someone you are speaking to is Dutch. Dutch physicist and mathematician Christiaan Huygens contributed a lot to the science of physics, including the idea that light travels in waves. That was over 300 years ago. MIT physics professor Walter Lewin is Dutch, so he can pronounce Huygens correctly. (via the Presurfer)


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