Outline of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm (von) Leibniz (1 July 1646 [O.S. 21 June] – 14 November 1716); German polymath, philosopher logician, mathematician.^[1] Developed differential and integral calculus at about the same time and independently of Isaac Newton. Leibniz earned his keep as a lawyer, diplomat, librarian, and genealogist for the House of Hanover, and contributed to diverse areas. His impact continues to reverberate, especially his original contributions in logic and binary representations.^[2]

Achievements and contributions[]

Devices[]

Leibniz calculator

Logic[]

Mathematics[]

Calculus

Philosophy[]

Physics[]

Personal life[]

Family[]

Major works by Leibniz[]

Manuscript archives and translations of Leibniz's works[]

at the Leibniz Research Center - Hannover
at the Brandenburg Academy of Humanities and Sciences
, Leibniz-Forschungsstelle Münster digital edition
, digital edition
Donald Rutherford's translations at UCSD
's translations at leibniz-translations.com

Journals focused on Leibniz studies[]

Organizations named after Leibniz[]

Leibniz Association
Leibniz College, affiliated with the University of Tübingen
Leibniz Institute of European History
Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research
Leibniz Society of North America
Leibniz Supercomputing Center, (more details in German version)
Leibniz University Hannover
ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
Leibniz Schools in Germany

Prizes named after Leibniz[]

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. It is regarded as the highest German award.^[3]
Leibniz Ring awarded by the Hannover Press Club.
Berlin Leibniz Medal originally awarded by the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences; currently awarded by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Leibniz Medal (Mainz) awarded by the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature.

Publications about Leibniz[]

Maria Rosa Antognazza's 2009 Leibniz biography is a major recent resource.^[4]

References[]

^ Rescher, N. (2003). On Leibniz, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh University Press.
^ Davis, M. (2011). The universal computer: The road from Leibniz to Turing, (AK Peters/CRC Press).
^ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
^ Antognazza, M. R. (2009). Leibniz: an intellectual biography, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, winner of the 2010 Pfizer Award)

External links[]

[1] Rescher, N. (2003). On Leibniz, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh University Press.

[2] Davis, M. (2011). The universal computer: The road from Leibniz to Turing, (AK Peters/CRC Press).

[3] Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize

[4] Antognazza, M. R. (2009). Leibniz: an intellectual biography, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, winner of the 2010 Pfizer Award)

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