German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)
双语例句
Both Leibniz and Newton had independently developed a branch of mathematics called calculus, which underlies most of modern physics. 莱布尼兹和牛顿两人都独自创建了微积分这一数学分支，从而为大部分现代物理学奠定了基础。
