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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, d...
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Havil, Julian, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut John Napier : Life, Logarithms, and Legacy / Julian Havil. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014] ©2015 1 online resource (296 p.) : 64 line illus. 48 tables. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter one. Life and Lineage -- Chapter two. Revelation and Recognition -- Chapter three. A New Tool for Calculation -- Chapter four. Constructing the Canon -- Chapter five. Analogue and Digital Computers -- Chapter six. Logistics: The Art of Computing Well -- Chapter seven. Legacy -- Epilogue -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 work have not attracted detailed modern scrutiny. John Napier is the first contemporary biography to take an in-depth look at the multiple facets of Napier's story: his privileged position as the eighth Laird of Merchiston and the son of influential Scottish landowners; his reputation as a magician who dabbled in alchemy; his interest in agriculture; his involvement with a notorious outlaw; his staunch anti-Catholic beliefs; his interactions with such peers as Henry Briggs, Johannes Kepler, and Tycho Brahe; and, most notably, his estimable mathematical legacy.Julian Havil explores Napier's original development of logarithms, the motivations for his approach, and the reasons behind certain adjustments to them. Napier's inventive mathematical ideas also include formulas for solving spherical triangles, "Napier's Bones" (a more basic but extremely popular alternative device for calculation), and the use of decimal notation for fractions and binary arithmetic. Havil also considers Napier's study of the Book of Revelation, which led to his prediction of the Apocalypse in his first book, A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John-the work for which Napier believed he would be most remembered.John Napier assesses one man's life and the lasting influence of his advancements on the mathematical sciences and beyond. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Logarithms. Mathematicians Scotland Biography. MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110665925 print 9780691155708 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400852185 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400852185 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400852185.jpg |
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