Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm
Leibniz
[Mathematician]
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Gottfried Wilhelm
Leibniz
[German Mathematician]
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz [1646-
1716] (also known as von Leibniz) was
a prominent German mathematician,
philosopher, physicist and statesman.
Noted for his independent invention
of the differential and integral
calculus, Gottfried Leibniz remains
one of the greatest and most
influential metaphysicians, thinkers
and logicians in history. He also
invented the Leibniz wheel and
suggested important theories about
force, energy and time.
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Birth
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was
born in Leipzig, Germany in 1646.
His father died when he was just
five years old. He was raised by
his mother, whose religious and
moral beliefs fostered his interest
in philosophy. He taught himself
to read Latin by age twelve and
started studying Greek. In grade
school, he learned about
Aristotle’s logic and theory of
categorizing knowledge, but he
was dissatisfied with what he was
learning and began working on
his own ideas for ordering logical
truths. This would later develop
into his ability to perform difficult
mathematical proof he developed
the law of continuity and
transcendental law of
Leipzig

Early life and
Education
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Gottfried Leibniz was born on 1st
July 1646 in Leipzig, Saxony,
Germany to influential parents.
His father, a professor of moral
philosophy at the city’s university,
died when Leibniz was only six.
His mother was the daughter of a
rich local lawyer.
Leibniz was a childhood prodigy.
He became fluent in Latin and
studied works of Greeks scholars
when he was only twelve. He
entered the University of Leipzig
when he was fourteen, where he
took philosophy, mathematics and
law.
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University of Leipzig
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Books
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Leibniz's voluminous writings
include the Meditations on
Knowledge, Truth, and Ideas; the
Discourse on Metaphysics; the
Correspondence with Arnauld;
New Essays on Human
Understanding; the Theodicy; the
Monadology; the Correspondence
with Clarke; and numerous works
in mathematics, science, history,
and jurisprudence.
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Discoveries
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 Gottfried Leibniz discovered
infinitesimal calculus, a distinction he
shared with Sir Isaac Newton.
However; each one made this
discovery alone, not while working
together. Infinitesimal calculus is the
branch of mathematics that is
concerned with differentiation,
integrations, and limits of functions.
 Gottfried Leibniz's major contribution
to mathematics was his discovery of
the binary numeral system, or the
base-2 system, which we find today in
computers and related devices. The
binary numeral system is a way of
writing numbers using only two digits:
0 and 1.

Facts
 Leibniz was given access to his
deceased father’s library at the tender
age of six because he had shown a
strong desire for philosophical
learning. He had attempted to read
Livy’s History of Rome, despite his
limited understanding of Latin.
 Although Leibniz is known as the
father of German philosophy, most of
his work is in French.
 Leibniz invented a calculator that
could multiply, divide and extract
roots during a time when the
calculator of Blaise Pascal (1642)
could only accommodate addition and
subtraction. 7

Award
 The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Prize (DFG) is the most important
research award in Germany. The
Leibniz Programme, established
in 1985, aims to improve the
working conditions of outstanding
researchers, expand their research
opportunities, relieve them of
administrative tasks, and help
them employ particularly well-
qualified young researchers. The
prize is endowed with up to 2.5
million euros. There are currently
five winners of the Gottfried
Wilhelm Leibniz Prize working as
researchers and lecturers at FAU.
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Legacy
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the great German polymath Gottfried
Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716). Leibniz
made significant contributions to
many areas, including philosophy,
mathematics, political and social
theory, theology, and various sciences.
The essays in this volume explores
the effects of Leibniz's profound
insights on subsequent generations of
thinkers by tracing the ways in which
his ideas have been defended and
developed in the three centuries since
his death. he shaped the various
domains to which he contributed, and
in some cases continues to shape
them today.
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“Take what you
need, do what
should, you will
get what you want.
-Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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