Readership: Historians of science and mathematics at all levels - from interested undergraduate to researcher level. Philosphers of science/mathematics.
Philip Beeley, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, and Christoph J. Scriba, Professor Emeritus, Universität Hamburg, Germany
"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
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