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John Napier : Life, Logarithms, and Legacy

Havil, Julian

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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

  • Utgivelsesdato:

    05.10.2014

  • ISBN/Varenr:

    9780691155708

  • Språk:

    Engelsk

  • Forlag:

    Princeton University Press

  • Innbinding:

    Innbundet

  • Fagtema:

    Matematikk og naturvitenskap

  • Litteraturtype:

    Faglitteratur

  • Sider:

    296

  • Høyde:

    23.9 cm

  • Bredde:

    17.5 cm

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