Over the last 40 years, Professor Hall has been a contributor to the "new view" of Newton, which has derived from the bringing to light and examination of Newton's vast but neglected array of manuscripts. The first studies in this volume illustrate the wealth of information these provide on the earliest phases of his discoveries in mathematics and science. In particular, they confirm the intensity and originality of Newton's investigations before and through the "anni mirabiles" of 1665-66. Further papers then deal with his relations wih contemporaries such as Hooke, Leibniz and Huyghens, again using unpublished manuscript material, and with the developing influence of his work.
