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Der einen Berichtszeitraum von drei Jahren umfassende Band enthalt 320 Briefe und Beilagen von und an Leibniz. Sie stammen aus gut 30 Korrespondenzen mit so wichtigen Briefpartnern wie Joh. Bernoulli, D. Papin, O. C. Romer, R. C. Wagner und J. Wallis. Vier weitreichende Entwicklungen pragen die Konversationen dieses Bandes und fuhren zu neuen Themen sowie zu neuen Korrespondenzen: Die astronomischen, politischen und theologischen Aspekte der protestantischen Kalenderreform 1700 werden mit Astronomen in ganz Europa diskutiert. Fur die neugegrundete Sozietat der Wissenschaften in Berlin entwirft Leibniz Projekte und kontaktiert potentielle Mitglieder. Vor der Pariser Academie des sciences wird sein Differentialkalkul scharf kritisiert. In England spricht N. Fatio de Duillier oeffentlich aus, was auch andere denken: dass Leibniz seinen Kalkul von I. Newton entliehen habe. Zudem findet die Kontroverse mit Papin uber die Dynamik ein abruptes Ende und ist nun im Rahmen der Akademieausgabe vollstandig ediert.

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[...] this volume represents an important progress for the sources concerning the research on Leibniz and his cultural and intellectual milieu exactly in the years between the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century. Paolo Bussotti in: Zentralblatt MATH 1338 To conclude, this volume [...] constitutes a further improvement in our knowledge of Leibniz's texts and of his intellectual network. The long and accurate introduction by Charlotte Wahl and James O'Hara, gives a precious insight on the development of all the main themes across the volume as well as a precise picture of their historical background, while the rich apparatus of indexes is a fundamental tool for orientating the reader in such a vast set of themes. Fundamental as it is to acknowledge a relevant period of Leibniz's life, this volume provides also a great point of view for a wide panoramic of the state of mathematical and scientific research in Europe at the turning point of the century. Federico Silvestri in: Studia Leibnitiana 49.1 (2017), 117-127

[...] this volume represents an important progress for the sources concerning the research on Leibniz and his cultural and intellectual milieu exactly in the years between the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century. Paolo Bussotti in: Zentralblatt MATH 1338

[...] this volume represents an important progress for the sources concerning the research on Leibniz and his cultural and intellectual milieu exactly in the years between the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century. Paolo Bussotti in: Zentralblatt MATH 1338 To conclude, this volume [...] constitutes a further improvement in our knowledge of Leibniz's texts and of his intellectual network. The long and accurate introduction by Charlotte Wahl and James O'Hara, gives a precious insight on the development of all the main themes across the volume as well as a precise picture of their historical background, while the rich apparatus of indexes is a fundamental tool for orientating the reader in such a vast set of themes. Fundamental as it is to acknowledge a relevant period of Leibniz's life, this volume provides also a great point of view for a wide panoramic of the state of mathematical and scientific research in Europe at the turning point of the century. Federico Silvestri in: Studia Leibnitiana 49.1 (2017), 117-127

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Michael Kempe, Charlotte Wahl, James G. O'Hara und Uwe Mayer, Leibniz-Archiv/Leibniz-Forschungsstelle Hannover.

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