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[[Image:Leibniz.jpg|thumb|right|Gottfried Leibniz]]

[[Image:Leibniz.jpg|thumb|right|Gottfried Leibniz]]

'''Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz''' (1646-1716) was a German [[Polymath|polymath]] famous for his contributions to mathematics and philosophy.  He was a major intellectual force in the 17th and 18th centuries, and is known as the last "universal genius".  

'''Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz''' (1646-1716) was a German [[Polymath|polymath]] famous for his contributions to [[mathematics]] and [[philosophy]].  He was a major intellectual force in the 17th and 18th centuries, and is known as the last "universal genius".  

In mathematics his greatest achievement was his independent discovery of differential and integral [[calculus]], also simultaneously invented by [[Isaac Newton]].  Modern calculus follows the notations and conventions of Leibniz, not newton.   

In mathematics his greatest achievement was his independent discovery of differential and integral [[calculus]], also simultaneously invented by [[Isaac Newton]].  Modern calculus follows the notations and conventions of Leibniz, not newton.