John Napier
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John Napier is best known as the discoverer of logarithms. He also invented the so-called "Napier's bones" and made common the use of the decimal point in arithmetic and mathematics.
Napier's birthplace, Merchiston Tower in Edinburgh, is now part of the facilities of Edinburgh Napier University. There is a memorial to him at St Cuthbert's at the west side of Edinburgh. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: [2022]
Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Published: 1963
Superior document: Symposia of the Zoological Society of London 10