Correspondance de Leonhard Euler avec des savants suisses en langue franaise
by Leonhard Euler, Siegfried Bodenmann, Vanja Hug, Mirjana Ilić, Andreas Kleinert
This volume of the Opera omnia will be devoted to the letters Euler exchanged in French with his friend and countryman Johann Kaspar Wettstein as well as with some Swiss scholars in and around Geneva (Louis Bertrand, Charles Bonnet, Marc-Michel Bousquet, Jean Castillon, Gabriel Cramer, Philibert Cramer, Gaspard Cuentz, Georges-Louis Lesage). It will also include a letter from Johann Michael von Loen, a remote relative of Euler mentioned in the Euler-Bertrand correspondence.
Many letters published in this volume provide new information about Euler's non-scientific activities, like the commerce of almanachs, the preparation of his writings for publication, the support of young scientists in search of a position, and his insatiable need for Virginia tobacco.
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This volume of the Opera omnia includes Euler's correspondences in French with his Swiss countrymen Louis Bertrand, Charles Bonnet, Marc-Michel Bousquet, Jean de Castillon, Gabriel Cramer, Philibert Cramer, Gaspard Cuentz, Albrecht von Haller, Georges-Louis Lesage et Johann Caspar Wettstein, and one letter to the German Johann Michael von Loen who is mentioned in the Euler-Bertrand correspondence. The first letter from Euler to d'Alembert recently rediscovered has been added as supplement. Whereas the correspondence with Gabriel Cramer and Georges-Louis Lesage deals mainly with mathematical and physical subjects (Cramer's rule, Cramer's paradox, Lesage's theory of gravity), many letters exchanged with other Swiss correspondents provide new information about Euler's non-scientific activities, like the commerce of almanacs, negotiations with publishers, the support of young scientists in search of a position, and a variety of private matters. -----Ce volume contient les correspondances qu'Euler a entretenues avec plusieurs compatriotes suisses en langue française. Il s'agit de Louis Bertrand, Charles Bonnet, Marc-Michel Bousquet, Jean de Castillon, Gabriel Cramer, Philibert Cramer, Gaspard Cuentz, Albrecht von Haller, Georges-Louis Lesage et Johann Caspar Wettstein. Bien qu'il n'ait pas été suisse, une lettre de Johann Michael von Loen, personnage mentionné dans la correspondance Euler-Bertrand, figure également dans ce volume. De plus, la première lettre d'Euler à d'Alembert récemment redécouverte a été ajoutée en annexe.Tandis que les correspondances avec Gabriel Cramer et Georges-Louis Lesage portent essentiellement sur des sujets de mathématiques et de physique (règle de Cramer, paradoxe de Cramer, théorie de la gravitation de Lesage), une grande partie des lettres qu'Euler a échangées avec d'autres compatriotes reflètent ses activités non scientifiques, comme le commerce d'almanachs, les négociations avec des éditeurs-imprimeurs à propos de la publication de ses ouvrages, ses interventions en faveur de jeunes scientifiques à la recherche d'un poste, et des affaires privées.
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Competent edition of the correspondence of Euler
Euler is one of the most important mathematicians in eighteenth century
Those fully edited letters will offer a new look at Euler and his contribution to the enlightened sciences
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Ce volume contient les correspondances qu'Euler a entretenues avec plusieurs compatriotes suisses en langue fran
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Authoritative edition of Euler's correspondence with fellow Swiss scientists in French Provides new information about Euler's non-scientific activities Offers a new look at Euler and his contribution to the enlightened sciences
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Authoritative edition of Euler's correspondence with fellow Swiss scientists in French Provides new information about Euler's non-scientific activities Offers a new look at Euler and his contribution to the enlightened sciences
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