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English: During the last years of his life, Christiaan Huygens worked on a "philosophical treatise", addressed to his brother Constantijn, which contained his speculations on the construction of the universe and the habitability of the planets as deduced from his own observations and those of other astronomers.
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Source http://www.phys.uu.nl/~huygens/cosmotheoros_en.htm
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Christiaan Huygens  (1629–1695)  wikidata:Q39599 s:en:Author:Christiaan Huygens q:en:Christiaan Huygens
 
Christiaan Huygens
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Christiaen Huygens; Christian Huygens; Christian Hugenius
Description Dutch mathematician and astronomer
Date of birth/death 14 April 1629 Edit this at Wikidata 8 July 1695 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Den Haag, Nederland Netherlands
Work period before 1663 to 1695
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