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On the topic of science, the following texts are available (arranged under sub-categories):

Matter, body and the continuum

  1. Leibniz to Nicolas Malebranche (first half of 1676)
  2. Notes On Henry More's The Immortality Of The Soul (Jan. 1677 - Jan. 1678?)
  3. Body Is Not A Substance (Mar. 1689 - Mar. 1690 (?))
  4. Whether the essence of body consists in extension (18 June 1691)
  5. Leibniz to Simon Foucher (end of June 1693)
  6. Leibniz to Johann Christian Schulenburg (17 May 1698)
  7. Leibniz to Nikolaus Hartsoeker (July/Aug. 1710)
  8. Leibniz to Nicole Remond (July 1714)

Space, time, and the laws of nature

  1. Leibniz to Christian Philipp (early Dec. 1679)
  2. Leibniz to Christian Philipp (11/21 Mar. 1681)
  3. Leibniz to Simon Foucher (end of June 1693)
  4. Leibniz to the Marquis l'Hospital (15/25 Jan. 1696)
  5. Leibniz to Johann Christian Schulenburg (17 May 1698)
  6. Leibniz to Johann Bernoulli (Aug.- Sept. 1698)
  7. Leibniz to Nicolas Malebranche (2/12 Oct. 1698)
  8. Leibniz to Nicolas Malebranche (13/23 Mar. 1699)
  9. A note about the light that some call Aurora Borealis (1710)
  10. Leibniz to Nikolaus Hartsoeker (7 Dec. 1711)
  11. Leibniz to Friedrich Wilhelm Bierling (14 Jan. 1712)
  12. Leibniz to Louis Bourguet (mid-to-late Mar. 1716)
  13. Leibniz to John Arnold (5 June 1716)

Biology

  1. Protogaea §§1, 2, 6, 13, 14, 20, 25, 26, 35 & 39 (1690-91)
  2. Leibniz to Duchess Sophie (5 July 1692)
  3. Leibniz to (and from) Wilhelm Tentzel (May 1696 - Jan. 1697)
  4. Note On The Rocks Which Contain Dried Out Plants And Fish (1706)
  5. On A Talking Dog (1706)
  6. Leibniz to Johann Georg Liebknecht (30 Jan. 1711)
  7. Leibniz to Louis Bourguet (22 Mar. 1714)

Geology

  1. Protogaea §§1, 2, 6, 13, 14, 20, 25, 26, 35 & 39 (1690-91)
  2. Leibniz to André Morell (4/14 May 1698)
  3. Note On The Rocks Which Contain Dried Out Plants And Fish (1706)
  4. Leibniz to Johann Georg Liebknecht (30 Jan. 1711)
  5. Leibniz to Louis Bourguet (22 Mar. 1714)

Mathematics

  1. Leibniz to ???: Letter on Cartesianism (1679)
  2. On An Instrument Or Great Art Of Thinking (March - April 1679 (?))
  3. Leibniz to Simon Foucher (2 Sept. 1686)
  4. Leibniz to the Marquis l'Hospital (14/24 June 1695)
  5. Explanation Of Binary Arithmetic (1703)
  6. Revolution (1715)