John Napier
Logarithm John
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2003
NMSE - Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-901663-70-9 (ISBN)
NMSE - Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-901663-70-9 (ISBN)
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Inventor of Logarithms, John Napier, made one of the greatest advances in the history of mathematics. The invention, of this 16th century Scot was used in calculations until the 1970s. He was also an astronomer of genius and vision and this book is a celebration of a remarkable man.
When John Napier published his invention of logarithms in 1614 he was announcing one of the greatest advances in the history of mathematics, and log tables were used universally until the mid-1970s. With his Rabdologia, an ingenious calculating tool composed of numbered rods which came to be known as 'Napier's Bones', he enabled people in the marketplace to do multiplication sums without knowing any multiplication tables. Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about this most extraordinary man was that his great inventions were made without the stimulus of talking to other mathematicians in mainstream Europe. Working away in comparative isolation in a tower house in Scotland, Napier produced methods of calculations that literally changed lives all over the world.
When John Napier published his invention of logarithms in 1614 he was announcing one of the greatest advances in the history of mathematics, and log tables were used universally until the mid-1970s. With his Rabdologia, an ingenious calculating tool composed of numbered rods which came to be known as 'Napier's Bones', he enabled people in the marketplace to do multiplication sums without knowing any multiplication tables. Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about this most extraordinary man was that his great inventions were made without the stimulus of talking to other mathematicians in mainstream Europe. Working away in comparative isolation in a tower house in Scotland, Napier produced methods of calculations that literally changed lives all over the world.
Lynne Gladstone-Millar is a freelance journalist and writer.
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| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.3.2003 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 30ill. |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 144 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-901663-70-1 / 1901663701 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-901663-70-9 / 9781901663709 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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