John Napier
Life, Logarithms, and Legacy
- Editore:
Princeton University Press
- EAN:
9780691155708
- ISBN:
0691155704
- Pagine:
- 296
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
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Descrizione John Napier
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 seventh 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. John Napier assesses one man's life and the lasting influence of his advancements on the mathematical sciences and beyond.
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