The Early Mathematical Manuscripts Of Leibniz

by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Carl Immanuel Gerhardt

Book Overview

The Early Mathematical Manuscripts of Leibniz is a collection of mathematical works written by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz during his early years. The book includes his notes and manuscripts on various mathematical topics such as calculus, algebra, geometry, and number theory. The manuscripts provide insight into Leibniz's early mathematical development and his groundbreaking ideas that would later become foundational in the field of mathematics. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1163091898
• ISBN13: 9781163091890
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Miraculous

It always puzzled me that we study Voltaire's literary attack on Leibniz's ideas, but we never discuss the ideas Voltaire was responding to. We study forms of mathematics which were designed to argue against Leibniz's more radical mathematical ideas, but we aren't led through the history of how the ideas were developed. I have become convinced that it is not by accident. Leibniz was absurdly ahead of his time in the early 18th century and he is still ahead of our time today. These translations give us a small glimpse of this genius which seems to permeate all important fields of life. These earlier works show Leibniz in a more confident phase-where he believed his ideas could change the entire world in his lifetime. His political theory, philosophy and mathematics (we don't use Newton's esoteric calculus we use Leibniz's) did achieve this, but it took much longer-and sadly much is still not known to today's generation of university students and their teachers. This well-done book provides a peak into Leibniz's revolutionary world of conceptual truth.