Leibniz: Dissertation on Combinatorial Art

by Martin Wilson

Book Overview

Leibniz published the Dissertation on Combinatorial Art in 1666. This book contains the seeds of Leibniz's mature thought, as well as many of the mathematical ideas that he would go on to further develop after the invention of the calculus. It is in the Dissertation, for instance, that we find the project for the construction of a logical calculus clearly expressed for the first time. The idea of encoding terms and propositions by means of numbers,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019883795X
• ISBN13: 9780198837954
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"