John Napier: Life, Logarithms, and Legacy

by Julian Havil

The most comprehensive account of the mathematician's life and work

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691155704
• ISBN13: 9780691155708
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.7"