The Early Mathematical Manuscripts of Leibniz - Softcover

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605205338 ISBN 13: 9781605205335

Publisher: Cosimo Inc, 2008

Synopsis

The impact of the work of German mathematician GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ (1646-1716) on modern science and technology is all but incalculable, but for starters, his notation for infinitesimal calculus-which he developed independently of Newton-remains in use today, and his invention of binary counting is the basis for modern computing. He was a powerfully influential philosopher as well, and is still considered, alongside Descartes and Spinoza, one of the great 17th-century rationalists. With no complete edition of his numerous writings on the wide range of subjects he expounded upon available even today, this 1920 collection of his early mathematical manuscripts-as well as some third-party commentary on them-continues to be essential to anyone wishing to understand Leibniz's contributions to modern science. Here students of the history of science and math lovers alike will enjoy Leibniz's thoughts on the infinitesimal calculus, including a series of manuscripts from 1675, 1676, and 1677, plus the essays "Leibniz in London" and "Leibniz and Pascal" by German scholar C.I. Gerhardt.

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, ne a Leipzig le 1er juillet 1646 et mort a Hanovre le 14 novembre 1716, est un philosophe, scientifique, mathematicien, logicien, diplomate, juriste, bibliothecaire et philologue allemand. Il exerca une grande influence sur les cours d Europe, fit passer les mathematiques dans une nouvelle ere. Il est considere comme l un des plus grands penseurs europeens.

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• Publisher: Cosimo Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1605205338
• ISBN 13: 9781605205335
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238