Download or read book Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703) written by John Wallis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 2: This is the second in a six volume compendium on the correspondences of John Wallis (1616-1703). Wallis was Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford from 1649 until his death, and was a founding member of the Royal Society and a central figure in the scientific and intellectual history of England.