This work provides reflections on Leibniz's theory and its development, a reappraisal of Newton's itinerary, and an account of the reception of Newtonian and Leibnizian theories. It is intended for historians of science and philosophy, and for mathematicians and physicists. The book presents a lucidly written insight into the development of mathematical physics around the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth century and to the background of the analysis of Leibniz's reactions to Newton's Principia... The book provides an interesting reading and can be warmly recommended not only to those wishing to understand many facets of the Newton Leibniz rivalry, but to general readers with an interest in the history of mathematics.