ABSTRACT

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

chapter 1|24 pages

A Brilliant Child

chapter 3|26 pages

Dr. Leibniz Begins His Career

chapter 4|40 pages

Paris, London, and Mathematics

chapter 7|22 pages

Writing and Not Writing the History

chapter 8|28 pages

Court Historian to Elector Georg Ludwig

chapter 9|11 pages

Alone in Hannover