Outline of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Gottfried Wilhelm (von) Leibniz (1 July 1646 [O.S. 21 June] – 14 November 1716); German polymath, philosopher logician, mathematician. 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.

Achievements and contributions

Devices

Logic

• Alphabet of human thought
• Calculus ratiocinator

Mathematics

• Binary number
• Calculus
• General Leibniz rule
• Leibniz formula for
• Leibniz integral rule

Philosophy

• Best of all possible worlds
• Characteristica universalis
• Identity of indiscernibles
• Pre-established harmony
• Principle of sufficient reason

Physics

Personal life

• Leibniz's political views
• Leibniz's religious views

Family

Major works by Leibniz

• De Arte Combinatoria
• Discourse on Metaphysics, ()
• Monadology, ()
• New Essays on Human Understanding
• Nova Methodus pro Maximis et Minimis
• Protogaea
• Théodicée

Manuscript archives and translations of Leibniz's works

• Leibniz Archive (Hannover) at the Leibniz Research Center - Hannover
• Leibniz Archive (Potsdam) at the Brandenburg Academy of Humanities and Sciences
• Leibniz Archive (Munster), Leibniz-Forschungsstelle Münster digital edition
• Leibniz Archive (Berlin), digital edition
• Donald Rutherford's translations at UCSD
• Lloyd Strickland's translations at leibniz-translations.com

Journals focused on Leibniz studies

• The Leibniz Review
• Studia Leibnitiana

Organizations named after Leibniz

• Leibniz Association
• , affiliated with the University of Tübingen
• Leibniz Institute of European History
• Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research
• Leibniz Society of North America
• Leibniz Supercomputing Center
• Leibniz University Hannover
• ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

Prizes named after Leibniz

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. It is regarded as the highest German award.
• awarded by the Hannover Press Club.
• originally awarded by the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences; currently awarded by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
• awarded by the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature.

Publications about Leibniz

Maria Rosa Antognazza's 2009 Leibniz biography is a major recent resource.

See also

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz bibliography
• ; it contains additional information.

References

External links

• Webpage at the Leibniz Association
• Leibniz on Wikisource