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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (b. 1646, d. 1716) was a German philosopher, mathematician, and logician who is probably most well known for having invented the differential and integral calculus (independently of Sir Isaac Newton). In his correspondence with the leading intellectual and political figures of his era, he discussed mathematics, logic, science, history, law, and theology.
Principal Works:
De Arte Combinatoria (‘On the Art of Combination’), 1666
Hypothesis Physica Nova (‘New Physical Hypothesis’), 1671
Discours de métaphysique (‘Discourse on Metphysics’), 1686
unpublished manuscrïpts on the calculus of concepts, c. 1690
Nouveaux Essais sur L'entendement humaine (‘New Essays on Human Understanding’), 1705
Théodicée (‘Theodicy’), 1710
Monadologia (‘The Monadology’), 1714
Leibniz's Life:
Born July 1, 1646, in Leipzig
1661, entered University of Leipzig (as a law student)
1663, baccalaureate thesis, De Principio Individui (‘On the Principle of the Individual’)
1667, entered the service of the Baron of Boineburg
1672 - 1676, lived in Paris (met Malebranche, Arnauld, Huygens)
1675, laid the foundation of the differential/integral calculus
1676, entered the service of the Duke of Hannover; worked on hydraulic presses, windmills, lamps, submarines, clocks, carriages, water pumps, the binary number system
published Nova Methodus Pro Maximus et Minimus (‘New Method for the Greatest and the Least’), an exposition of his differential calculus
1685, took on the duties of historian for the House of Brunswick
1691, named librarian at Wolfenbuettel
1700, named foreign member of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris
1711, met the Russian czar Peter the Great
Died, November 14, 1716, in Hannover
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