Infinitely Irrational: A Math Podcast

23. The Strange Case of Sir Newton and Mr. Leibniz

Infinitely Irrational: A Math Podcast

Show Notes

Today special guest, Ben Orlin from Math with Bad Drawings and I chat about two famous feuding foes: Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz.

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