One of the most heated controversies in the early 18th century was between two of the brightest minds of the age, Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz.

Go to updated and illustrated post. 1675: Gottfried Leibniz writes the integral sign ∫ in an unpublished manuscript, introducing the calculus notation that’s still in use today. Leibniz was a ...

4 Extra Debut. Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science: Newton, Leibniz and calculus. Show more Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving ...

1675: Gottfried Leibniz writes the integral sign ∫in an unpublished manuscript, introducing the calculus notation that’s still in use today. Leibniz was a German mathematician and philosopher ...