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A Short Biography of Gottfried Leibnitz

Author Name:

Gottfried Leibnitz

Born As:

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Other Names:

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Born:

1 Jul 1646

Died:

14 Nov 1716




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Mathematician and Philosopher.                           
Selected Works:

De Arte Combinatoria - On the Art of Combination; partially translated in Loemker §1 and Parkinson - 1966
Hypothesis Physica Nova - New Physical Hypothesis; Loemker §8.I - partial - 1671
Confessio philosophi - A Philosopher's Creed; an English translation is available - 1673
Nova methodus pro maximis et minimis - New method for maximums and minimums - 1684; translated in Struik, D. J., 1969. 
A Source Book in Mathematics, 1200–1800

Discours de métaphysique  - 1686 - Martin and Brown; 1988, Ariew and Garber 35, Loemker §35, Wiener III.3, Woolhouse and Francks 1. 
An online translation by Jonathan Bennett is available

Explication de l'Arithmétique Binaire - 1703 -  Explanation of Binary Arithmetic; Gerhardt, Mathematical Writings VII.223. 
An online translation by Lloyd Strickland is available

Théodicé - 1710 -  Farrer, A.M., and Huggard, E.M., trans., 1985 - 1952. Wiener III.11.
An online translation is available at Project Gutenberg

Monadologie - 1714; translated by Nicholas Rescher, 1991. The Monadology: An Edition for Students. University of Pittsburg Press. Ariew and Garber 213, Loemker §67, Wiener III.13, Woolhouse and Francks 19. Online translations: Jonathan Bennett's translation; Latta's translation; French, Latin and Spanish edition, with facsimile of Leibniz's manuscript

Nouveaux essais sur l'entendement humain; completed in 1704 - 1765; Remnant, Peter, and Bennett, Jonathan, trans., 1996. New Essays on Human Understanding. Cambridge University Press. Wiener III.6 
An online translation by Jonathan Bennett is available

Four important collections of English translations are:
 Wiener - 1951
Loemker - 1969
Ariew and Garber - 1989
Woolhouse and Francks - 1998. 
The ongoing critical edition of all of Leibniz's writings is Sämtliche Schriften und Briefe.

Notable Ideas:

Infinitesimal calculus
Monadology, Optimism
Leibniz formula for pi
Leibniz harmonic triangle
Leibniz formula for determinants
Leibniz integral rule
Principle of sufficient reason
Diagrammatic reasoning
Notation for differentiation
Proof of Fermat's little theorem
Kinetic energy
Entscheidungsproblem
AST.                          
Mother Catherina Schmuck
Father Friedrich Leibniz                          
                          
The name Leibniz was originally Slavonic - Lubeniecz.
Pseudonym:
Freiherr G. W. von Leibniz

Wrote primarily in Latin and French.