Soon after arriving , he met Dutch physicist and mathematician Christiaan Huygens and realised that his own knowledge of mathematics and physics was patchy .
Thus Leibniz went to Paris in 1672 .
Soon after arriving , Leibniz met Dutch physicist and mathematician Christiaan Huygens and realised that Leibniz 's own knowledge of mathematics and physics was patchy .
Thus Leibniz went to Paris in 1672 .