Product Description: An interdisciplinary survey on the importance of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the famous polymath from Hanover, Germany, reveals that he was a major contributor to many scholarly fields. This volume introduces the reader to the wide variety of Leibniz' interests and talents by presenting essays on his importance to the following disciplines: History, Theology, Philosophy, Legal Studies, Political Counseling, Insurance Practice, Mathematics, Engineering, and Linguistics...read more

Product Description: This book originated as a Festschrift to mark the publication of Volume 50 of the journal `Acta Biotheoretica' in 2002 and the journal’s 70th anniversary in 2005. In it, eleven previously unpublished research papers have been collected that reflect the entire scope of topics on which `Acta Biotheoretica' publishes...read more