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PUBLISHER: NMS Enterprises Ltd – Publishing

FORMAT: Published

ISBN: 9781905267668

RRP: £6.99

PAGES: 80

PUBLICATION DATE:
October 5, 2014

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John Napier: Logarithm John

Lynne Gladstone-Millar

Working away in comparative isolation in a tower house in Scotland in the 17th century, John Napier invented log tables, a method of calculation used universally until the mid-1970s.

‘What a wonderful little book: it is beautifully written and has wonderful photographs and illustrations … Moreover it accomplishes its purpose, to give us a glimpse into the nature and times of John Napier.’
History of Mathematics Newsletter

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