Paul Wolfson, West Chester University

Philadelphia Area Seminar on the History of Mathematics, Villanova University

Thursday, February 20, 2014, 8:00 pm EST

Time: 6:00 to 8:00pm

Location: Saint Augustine Center Room 300, Villanova University


The conflict between the Newtonians and the Leibnizians is often portrayed as a dispute over priority for the invention of the calculus. It was that, but it was much more, since the participants differed on matters of substance concerning theology, natural philosophy, and mathematics. The first and second editions of Newton’s Principia were published during this protracted conflict. By examining a few propositions about orbits and some continental reactions to them we can infer some of the differences between the two schools concerning mathematical methods and values.

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Baldner, Leonhardt u. a. Recht natÿrliche Beschreibung und Abmalung der Wasser Vögel, Fischen, Vierfüssigen Thieren, Insecten, und Gewürm, so beÿ Strassburg in den Wassern gefunden werden, welche ich selber geschossen, gefangen und in mein eigner Hand gehabt. Übers. von Philip Henry Zollman. N.p., 1653. RARE 3-SIZE QL41 .B3 1653 vol. 3.