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Author Havil, Julian, 1952- author.

Title John Napier : life, logarithms, and legacy / Julian Havil.

Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 279 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-273) and index.
Contents Life and lineage -- Revelation and recognition -- A new tool for calculation -- Constructing the canon -- Analogue and digital computers -- Logistics : the art of computing well -- Legacy.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Napier, John, 1550-1617.
Napier, John, 1550-1617.
Napier, John, 1550-1617.
Logarithms.
Logarithms.
Mathematicians -- Scotland -- Biography.
Mathematicians.
Scotland.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Havil, Julian, 1952- John Napier. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014] 0691155704 (DLC) 2012931844 (OCoLC)877364301
ISBN 9781400852185 (electronic book)
1400852188 (electronic book)
9781322075747 (electronic book)
1322075743 (electronic book)
9780691155708
0691155704