Screen LibraryThe Life and Works of John Napier /
For the first time, all five of John Napier s works have been brought together in English in a single volume, making them more accessible than ever before. His four mathematical works were originally published in Latin: two in his lifetime (1550 1617), one shortly after he died, and one over 200 yea...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53282-0 |
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For the first time, all five of John Napier s works have been brought together in English in a single volume, making them more accessible than ever before. His four mathematical works were originally published in Latin: two in his lifetime (1550 1617), one shortly after he died, and one over 200 years later. The authors have prepared three introductory chapters, one covering Napier himself, one his mathematical works, and one his religious work. The former has been prepared by one of Napier s descendants and contains many new findings about Napier s life to provide the most complete biograph |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XVIII, 994 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9783319532820 |
| Index Number: | QA21 |
| CLC: | O11 |
| Contents: | Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Orthography -- 1. John Napier -- 2. Revealing the Plaine Discovery -- 3. A Plain Discovery -- 4. Mathematical Introduction -- 5. Descriptio -- 6. Rabdologiae -- 7. Constructio -- 8. De Arte Logistica -- 9. Appendices -- 10. Further Reading -- 11. Bibliography of Napier's Works. |