Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: The Polymath Who Brought Us Calculus focuses on the life and accomplishments of one of the seventeenth century's most influential mathematicians and philosophers. The book, which draws on Leibniz's written works and translations, and reconstructs dialogues Leibniz may have had based on the historical record of his life ex

A Brilliant Chile. A Student at the Universities of Leipzig and Jena. Dr. Leibniz Begins His Career. Paris, London, and Mathematics. Librarian and Councilor to Duke Johann Friedrich of Hannover. Councilor and Librarian to Duke Ernst August. Writing and Not Writing the History. Court Historian to Elector Georg Ludwig. Alone in Hannover. Index.