John Napier: Life, Logarithms, and Legacy
(Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Forlag:
Princeton University Press
- Type: Bog
- Format: Hardback
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Sprog:
Engelsk
- ISBN-13: 9780691155708
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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
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| Forlag | Princeton University Press |
| Forfatter | Julian Havil |
| Type | Bog |
| Format | Hardback |
| Sprog | Engelsk |
| Udgivelsesdato | 05-10-2014 |
| Første udgivelsesår | 2014 |
| Illustrationer | 64 line illus. 48 tables. |
| Originalsprog | United States |
| Sideantal | 296 |
| Indbinding | Hardback |
| Forlag | Princeton University Press |
| Sideoplysninger | 296 pages, 64 line illus. 48 tables. |
| Mål | 239 x 175 x 23 |
| ISBN-13 / EAN-13 | 9780691155708 |