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| + | Gottfried Leibniz was a German polymath who made many influential contributions to the development of computers. Among them are binary, an early calculator known as the Stepped Reckoner, and algorithmic information theory; some of his ideas anticipated the idea of the Turing Machine, all important concepts in the history of computer technology | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| − | + | Leibniz was born on July 1, 1646 in Leipzig, Germany. His father died when he was very young, and left him a large personal library, which Leibniz was able to access from age 7 onwards. | |
==Significance== | ==Significance== | ||
Revision as of 09:03, 8 September 2009
Gottfried Leibniz was a German polymath who made many influential contributions to the development of computers. Among them are binary, an early calculator known as the Stepped Reckoner, and algorithmic information theory; some of his ideas anticipated the idea of the Turing Machine, all important concepts in the history of computer technology .
Overview
Leibniz was born on July 1, 1646 in Leipzig, Germany. His father died when he was very young, and left him a large personal library, which Leibniz was able to access from age 7 onwards.
