gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz

1646 – 1716

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (also known as von Leibniz) was a prominent German mathematician, philosopher, physicist and inventor.

• He wrote extensively on 26 topics covering wide range of subjects among which were Geology, Medicine, Biology, Epidemiology, Paleontology, Psychology, Engineering, Philology, Sociology, Ethics, History, Politics, Law and Music Theory.
• In a manuscript Leibniz used the word “function” to mean any quantity varying from point to point of a curve.
• Leibniz provided the foundations of Formal Logic and Boolean Algebra, which are fundamental for modern day computers.
• For all his remarkable discoveries and contributions in various fields, Leibniz is hailed as “The Father of Applied Sciences”.