John Napier

Autor*innen

• Julian Havil

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• 296 Seiten
• 11 Lesestunden

• Mathematik

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John Napier (1550-1617) is celebrated today as the man who invented logarithms--an enormous intellectual achievement that would soon lead to the development of their mechanical equivalent in the slide rule: the two would serve humanity as the principal means of calculation until the mid-1970s. Yet, despite Napier's pioneering efforts, his life and

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Einband: Hardcover