Книга: Napier John «The construction of the wonderful canon of logarithms. Translated from Latin into English with notes and a catalogue of the various editions of Napier's works by William Rae Macdonald»

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• Napier, John — born 1550, Merchiston Castle, near Edinburgh, Scot. died April 4, 1617, Merchiston Castle Scottish mathematician and champion of Protestantism. He divided his life between attacks on the church of Rome and the pursuit of numerical calculations.… …   Universalium

• Napier , John — (1550–1617) Scottish mathematician Born in Edinburgh, Napier studied at the University of St. Andrews but left before taking his degree and then traveled extensively throughout Europe. He was a fervent Protestant and wrote a diatribe attacking… …   Scientists

• Napier,John — Na·pi·er (nāʹpē ər, nə pîrʹ), John. Laird of Merchiston. 1550 1617. Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms and introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers. * * * …   Universalium

• Napier, John — VER Neper, John * * * (1550, Merchiston Castle, cerca de Edimburgo, Escocia–4 abr. 1617, Merchiston Castle). Matemático escocés y campeón del protestantismo. Dividió su vida entre ataques a la iglesia de Roma y su empeño en cálculos numéricos. En …   Enciclopedia Universal

• NAPIER, JOHN —    laird of Merchiston, mathematician, born in Merchiston Castle, near Edinburgh; famed over the world as the inventor of logarithms; wrote a book on the Apocalypse, which contains some plain spoken counsel to King James; believed in astrology,… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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