In 1550, John Napier was born in Merchiston Tower, Edinburgh, Scotland. He attended St. Salvator’s College in the University of St. Andrews at the age of thirteen, but before he could graduate he began to study abroad traveling to a number of European countries. He was the father of twelve children; two were born from his first wife and the other ten from his second. Although he was best known for his inventions in mathematics, for example, logarithms and “Napier’s Bones/Rods”, he spent most of his time studying theology, physics, and astronomy; math was only one of his hobbies along with farming.
John Napier published a paper accusing the pope of being the antichrist when, in fact, a lot of people thought of John Napier as a warlock, or a servant of the devil himself. This could have been for a numerous amount of reasons. Most would say it’s because he always had greener grass than most, or how he detected a thief with a black rooster. - go to my next question for the rest plz
2007-02-11
14:30:58
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this is the assignment:
logarithms were invented by john napier. write a ONE-PAGE report in YOUR OWN WORDS on john napier. your paper must include the following:
-a short biography of his life (when born/died; work history; education; family facts; etc.)
-an INTERESTING FACT about his life
-what came from his work relating to logarithms
2007-02-11
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