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The Enlightenment: Matching Activity 4
Just finished reading about the 17th century and the period of Enlightenment? Use this helpful worksheet that covers the people and events your class has just read about. Learners can use this resource to match ten different...
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Einstein's Big Idea
Students investigate the meaning of c2 in E=mc2 by measuring the energy delivered by an object falling at different velocities. They state that kinetic energy is the energy of an object in motion. Students illustrate how kinetic energy...
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Learning Lesson: Measure the Pressure II -- The "Dry" Barometer
Students use simple items to create their own aneroid barometer. They have five days to build it and ten days to observe and collect data. They examine tornado safety tips to end the lesson.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Gottfried Leibniz
Learn about the life and work of Gottfried Leibniz, and find out how he remains one of the greatest and most influential metaphysicians, thinkers, and logicians in history.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Gottfried Leibniz
Wikipedia offers detailed biographical information on Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716 CE), who coined the mathematical term, "Function."
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz (1646 1716)
This site contains events of the life of Gottfried Leibnitz. It is presented in a timeline form.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Excellent, lengthy explanation of Leibniz's metaphysics. Divided into ten sections addressing his major ideas: monads, sufficient reason, necessary being, and substance, among others. Includes several diagrams to help explain the idea of...
Rice University
Galileo Project: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides ten fields of biographical data are compiled regarding Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz including dates (birth/death), father (occupation/wealth), nationality, education, religion,...
Boston University
Boston University: Leibniz's Theory of Space
This page offers a brief discussion of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz's theory of space.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Leibniz Integral Rule
This page discusses the Leibniz Integral Rule, which concerns "the differentiation of a definite integral whose limits are functions of the differential variable."
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz
This site from the University of St. Andrews provides a biographical account of the life of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz. Includes links to mathematics topics such as matrices and determinants, quadratic, cubic and quartic equations, etc.
Stanford University
Stanford University: Overview of Leibniz
This site outlines Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's life. Categories include principal works, Leibniz's life, Leibniz's contributions to philosophy, and further readings.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Father of Calculus Newton or Leibniz?
Discusses the continuing debate over who was the founder of calculus, Sir Isaac Newton or Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Leibniz Criterion
This page states the Leibniz Criterion, or the alternating series test that determines whether or not an alternating series converges.
Curated OER
University of St Andrews: Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz
This page provides an excellent, informative biography of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz. Discusses his childhood, education, and accomplishments in calculus and in other fields. Also includes great references, links, and some quotes.
Curated OER
Stanford University: Overview of Leibniz
This site outlines Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's life. Categories include principal works, Leibniz's life, Leibniz's contributions to philosophy, and further readings.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 1716)
A portrait of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 1716)
A portrait of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 1716)
A portrait of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 1716)
A portrait of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Differentiation
Explore the world of Calculus through differentiation. Focusing on areas such as limits, tangents to curves, and derivatives, this site shows you how to solve problems based on the discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Baruch Spinoza
He is one of the three great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy, the others being Rene Descartes and Gottfried Leibniz.