2006-09-07 03:55:24 · 15 answers · asked by Rashmi 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
John Napier, Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms and introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers.
born 1550, Merchiston Castle, near Edinburgh, Scot.-died April 4, 1617, Merchiston Castle) Scottish mathematician and champion of Protestantism. He divided his life between attacks on the church of Rome and the pursuit of numerical calculations. On a number of occasions he urged James IV of Scotland to deal firmly with the Catholic threat. From 1594 he worked on developing secret weapons, including a metal chariot with small holes through which shot could be fired. He developed the concept of the logarithm to facilitate calculations involving multiplication, division, roots, and powers. He also introduced the decimal point as a notation for decimal fractions. The set of calculating rods he designed was a precursor to the slide rule.
2006-09-07 04:05:10 · answer #1 · answered by sweetie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The common (base 10) logarithms were developed by John Napier in the late 16'th century. (Napier also 'invented' the slide rule and the use of the decimal point ☺) The natural (base e) logarithms were developed by several people over many years.
Doug
2006-09-07 04:01:30 · answer #2 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Napier invented logarithms
2006-09-09 03:19:28 · answer #3 · answered by Get to Know 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Napier, Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms and introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers
2006-09-08 17:41:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Napier didnt invented the logarithms, but a very similar procedure that could be related to them.
Ana
2006-09-07 04:43:16 · answer #5 · answered by Ilusion 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Napier invented logarithms, but many other scientists and mathematicians helped develop Napier’s logarithms to the system we use today.
2006-09-07 03:59:19 · answer #6 · answered by Green Alex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The invention of logarithms is usually attributed to Jean Napier, Lord of Merchiston, aka Neper. This man was born in Merchiston in 1550 and died in 1617, publishing his Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio in 1614, and a posthumous Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Constructio was published by his son in 1619.
2006-09-07 20:26:35 · answer #7 · answered by sonali 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Napier
2006-09-07 03:59:32 · answer #8 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was John Napier who invented logarithms.So easy.
2006-09-07 04:05:25 · answer #9 · answered by kumaran 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh dear, "the_answerer" is confused. Napier's logarithms help to do multiplications in one way, and his bones help to do multiplication in a completely different way.
2006-09-07 04:05:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋