Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 1695)

Dutch mathematician, known for his argument the light consists of waves. At the encouragement of Blaise Pascal, he wrote the first book on probability entitled, De Ratiociniis in Ludo Aleae (On Reasoning in Games of Chance).


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Netherlands, 25 Gulden, 1955

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Netherlands, 2.5 ECU, 1989
Netherlands, 10 ECU, 1989