Full Name: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Born: 1646
Died: 1716
Hometown: Leipzig, Germany
Fave Subjects: Minds and Bodies, Math, Science, Law, Politics, Languages
Career Highlights:
- Wrote books in three different languages (German, Latin and French)
- Also studied Chinese
- Invented a new kind of math that is now used with computers
- Was appointed secretary for a society of alchemists
Big Question:
What is the stuff that everything in the universe is made of?
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