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Napier, John

Born: 1550 Edinburgh

Died: 1617 Edinburgh

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Scot inventor of logarithms.

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  • Napier, John. 1593. A plaine discovery, of the whole revelation of Saint John. Edinburgh: R. Waldegrave.

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  • Hobson, E.W. 1914. John Napier and the invention of logarithms, 1614. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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  1. University of Lorraine, Nancy, France

    Denis Roegel

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  1. Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Venezia, Italy

    Marco Sgarbi

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  1. University Ca' Foscari Venice, Dorsoduro 3246, 30123, Venice, Italy

    Marco Sgarbi

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Roegel, D. (2017). Napier, John. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_527-1

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