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“The art of discovering the causes of phenomena, or true hypotheses, is like the art of deciphering, in which an ingenious conjecture often greatly shortens the road.”

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Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Leibniz

German mathematician, philosopher, historian, and inventor. Gottfried Leibniz is one of the founders of calculus and has made significant contributions to mathematics, philosophy, history, and other fields. more

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