Who is Gottfried Leibniz from The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius, Ramanujan and what is their importance? The_Man_Who_Knew_Infinity English & Literature "Gottfried Leibniz | The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius

Gottfried Leibniz was a contemporary of Newton's who simultaneously developed calculus in Germany. Leibniz's calculus however, used a different method of calculation that was more precise and analytical. The differences between these two approaches would continue to divide continental and English mathematicians until Hardy attempted to convert the English to Leibniz's method.