John Napier
1550-1617
Scottish Mathematician
In 1914, on the brink of World War I, the Royal Society of Edinburgh took time to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descr...
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The Scottish mathematician John Napier (1550-1617) discovered logarithms and effectively introduced the modern notation of decimal fractions.John Napier, or Neper, the son of Sir Archibald Napier, was...
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John Napier is best remembered as the inventor of the first system of logarithms. A logarithm is the power to which a number, called the base, must be raised to produce a given number. Napier's work w...
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John Napier is best remembered as the inventor of the first system of logarithms. A logarithm is the power to which a number, called the base, must be raised to produce a given number. Napier's work w...
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The history of mathematics might be a very different story were it not for the accomplishments of Scottish mathematician John Napier. Born near Edinburgh in 1550, Napier held the title of Laird of Mer...
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John Napier
John Napier
John Napier
John Napier
John Napier