John Napier: Life, Logarithms, and Legacy (eng)

Havil, Julian

ISBN 10: 0691155704 / ISBN 13: 9780691155708

Verlag: Princeton University Press, 2014

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3f441adb9a3f9e40dedebc223aa0ca85

Inhaltsangabe:

John Napier is the first contemporary biography to take an in-depth look at the multiple facets of Napier's story: his privileged position as the seventh Laird of Merchiston and the son of influential Scottish landowners; his reputation as a magician who dabbled in alchemy; his interest in agriculture; his involvement with a notorious outlaw; his staunch anti-Catholic beliefs; his interactions with such peers as Henry Briggs, Johannes Kepler, and Tycho Brahe; and, most notably, his estimable mathematical legacy. John Napier assesses one man's life and the lasting influence of his advancements on the mathematical sciences and beyond.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Julian Havil is the author of Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant, Nonplussed!: Mathematical Proof of Implausible Ideas, Impossible?: Surprising Solutions to Counterintuitive Conundrums, and The Irrationals: A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count On (all Princeton). He is a retired former master at Winchester College, England, where he taught mathematics for more than three decades.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: John Napier: Life, Logarithms, and Legacy (...
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: new