Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

In correspondence with Malebranche, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) emphasized difficulties with Descartes's conservation law, and that correspondence led Malebranche to insert into a 1700 edition of the Lois that experience reveals that such a law does not hold.

Nicolas Malebranche Schmaltz, Tad 2009

Art Resource Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz The library of the 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz reportedly contained books by only nine writers, all from ancient Greece and Rome.

The Book Collection That Devoured My Life Luc Sante 2008

Key among its dramatis personae are the real-life figures of Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who interact with Stephenson's quirky fictional characters.

Reflections Of A 'Quicksilver' Mind 2007

The lives of Benedictus (Baruch) de Spinoza (1632 – 1677) and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 – 1716) intersected once.

The Lessons of Spinoza Margalit, Avishai 2007

Key among its dramatis personae are the real-life figures of Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who interact with Stephenson's typically quirky and resourceful fictional characters.

A 'Quicksilver' Mind 2007

Isaac Newton, who in many ways invented what we call science, was a believer if a rather mad-sounding one as was Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who asked one of the ultimate questions—“Why is there something and not nothing?”

Letter to a Godchild Reynolds Price 2006

Isaac Newton, who in many ways invented what we call science, was a believer if a rather mad-sounding one as was Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who asked one of the ultimate questions—“Why is there something and not nothing?”

Letter to a Godchild Reynolds Price 2006

Some 30 years later, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) invented a more complex calculating machine that would multiply rapidly by repeated additions.

1614 2001

In fact, the developer of the binary number system, German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1646-1716, was inspired by yin-yang philosophy.

Zen Computer Philip Toshio Sudo 1999

He and his younger brother Johann, along with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Isaac Newton, and others, found the curve to be a cycloid.

Griffin And Hoxie Mega Feed 2010