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OCR: GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ (1646 1716) THE GERMAN mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz was an outstanding thinker who developed method ofcomputation called calculus. Both Leibniz and the English scientist Isaac Newton 1642 1727 claimed to be first with the theory of calculus In fact they devel loped simultaneously and independently. Leibniz's knowledge was vast and diverse covering all the intellectual disciplines ofhis day, including logic and optics. He also played ar important role it European politics, con firming his patron George Louis s of Hanover as the heir to the British throne, which he assumed as George i1 1714 LFE ALSO STORY GOTTERIED computation OLSO