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| Genre/Form: | Correspondence |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | John Wallis |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Christoph J Scriba; Philip Beeley; Oxford University Press. |
| OCLC Number: | 316277254 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (608 p.) |
| Contents: | Preface ; Introduction ; Editorial Principles and Abbreviations ; Correspondence (198 individual correspondences including Wallis to Fermat, R.Cromwell, Huygens, Digby, Poole, Brouncker) ; Biographies of Correspondents ; List of Manuscripts ; Bibliography ; List of Letters ; Index |
| Responsibility: | Christoph Scriba and Philip Beeley. |
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We get a rich and fascinating view of Wallis's professional transactions during the Interregnum, and particularly his emergence as a mathematician of international stature. Michael Hunter, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science This is a first rate edition and a major scholarly accomplishment. The Correspondence of John Wallis is a trove for the historian of seventeenth century social and scientific life ... This edition is a must for every library and for every scholar whose interests touch upon the seventeenth century. Paolo Mancosu, Studia Leibnitiana ... will be of interest to historians of science and mathematics at all levels. Zentralblatt MATH Read more...
