Add to ORKGThis essay was written as an introduction to a memorial volume planned for the 400th anniversary of the invention of logarithms by John Napier, which took place in 2014. Its purpose is to analyse Napier's real contributions
The logarithms of John Napier (1614) and Henry Briggs (1617) were landmarks in the history of mathem...
In 1827 Charles Babbage published his Table of logarithms of the natural numbers, from 1 to 108,000....
textThis paper outlines the evolution of the logarithm from the days of Archimedes to the logarithm...
John Napier (1550–1617) is celebrated today as the man who invented logarithms—an enormous intellect...
in English This text is devoted to the creation of logarithmic tables at the beginning of the 17th c...
The invention of logarithms in the 16th century was arguably the most valuable contribution to compu...
I interpret John Napier's definition of a logarithm to show in modern terms how closely his arithmet...
ReportThis article describes John Napier's original defintion of logarithms and presents his method ...
Logarithms are an integral part of many forms of technology, and their history and development help ...
The purpose of this book is to provide a very short, historical account of the life and legacy of Jo...
This record contains PDFs I used for my presentation at the 11th International Leibniz Conference in...
John Napier à droite, illustration de Clavis universi trigonometrica de FrobeniusAu XVI e siècle, av...
In this paper, we examine the structure of Napier's logarithms by analysing his main work on the sub...
For the first time, all five of John Napier’s works have been brought together in English in a singl...
Scotsman John Napier is best known to for his treatise on Protestant religion. However, it was his i...
The logarithms of John Napier (1614) and Henry Briggs (1617) were landmarks in the history of mathem...
In 1827 Charles Babbage published his Table of logarithms of the natural numbers, from 1 to 108,000....
textThis paper outlines the evolution of the logarithm from the days of Archimedes to the logarithm...
John Napier (1550–1617) is celebrated today as the man who invented logarithms—an enormous intellect...
in English This text is devoted to the creation of logarithmic tables at the beginning of the 17th c...
The invention of logarithms in the 16th century was arguably the most valuable contribution to compu...
I interpret John Napier's definition of a logarithm to show in modern terms how closely his arithmet...
ReportThis article describes John Napier's original defintion of logarithms and presents his method ...
Logarithms are an integral part of many forms of technology, and their history and development help ...
The purpose of this book is to provide a very short, historical account of the life and legacy of Jo...
This record contains PDFs I used for my presentation at the 11th International Leibniz Conference in...
John Napier à droite, illustration de Clavis universi trigonometrica de FrobeniusAu XVI e siècle, av...
In this paper, we examine the structure of Napier's logarithms by analysing his main work on the sub...
For the first time, all five of John Napier’s works have been brought together in English in a singl...
Scotsman John Napier is best known to for his treatise on Protestant religion. However, it was his i...
The logarithms of John Napier (1614) and Henry Briggs (1617) were landmarks in the history of mathem...
In 1827 Charles Babbage published his Table of logarithms of the natural numbers, from 1 to 108,000....
textThis paper outlines the evolution of the logarithm from the days of Archimedes to the logarithm...