Newton, his Friends and his Foes

Over the last forty years Professor Hall has been a major contributor to the new view of Newton now generally accepted. Essentially this has derived from the bringing to light and examination of Newtons vast, but long neglected legacy of manuscripts, and the first studies in this volume illustrate the wealth of information these provide on the earliest phases of his great discoveries in mathematics and science. In particular, they confirm the intensity and originality of Newtons investigations before and through the anni mirabiles of 1665-66. Further papers then deal with his relations with contemporaries such as Hooke, Leibniz and Huyghens, again making extensive use of unpublished manuscript material, and with the developing influence of his work. Durant les quarante dernires annes, le professeur Hall a t lun des plus importants contributeurs la nouvelle apprciation de loeuvre de Newton, qui est de nos jours la plus gnralement accepte. Ceci provient essentiellement de lexamen du vaste hritage de manuscrits laisss par Newton et trs longtemps nglig; les premires tudes de ce volume illustrent la richesse dinformations contenues dans ceux-ci quant aux toutes premires phases de ses grandes dcouvertes dans le domaine des mathmatiques et de le science. Ils confirment en particulier lintensit et loriginalit des recherches de Newton avant et pendant les anni mirabiles de 1665-66. Sajoutent ceci plusieurs tudes, o il est nouveau fait grand usage de manuscrits indits, traitant des rapports quil entretenait avec ses contemporains tels, Hooke, Leibniz et Huyghens, ainsi que de linfluence progressive de ses travaux.