Napier, John — 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.… … Universalium
Napier , John — (1550–1617) Scottish mathematician Born in Edinburgh, Napier studied at the University of St. Andrews but left before taking his degree and then traveled extensively throughout Europe. He was a fervent Protestant and wrote a diatribe attacking… … Scientists
Napier,John — Na·pi·er (nāʹpē ər, nə pîrʹ), John. Laird of Merchiston. 1550 1617. Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms and introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers. * * * … Universalium
NAPIER, JOHN — laird of Merchiston, mathematician, born in Merchiston Castle, near Edinburgh; famed over the world as the inventor of logarithms; wrote a book on the Apocalypse, which contains some plain spoken counsel to King James; believed in astrology,… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
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John Neper — John Napier John Napier John Napier (auch latinisiert Neper), Laird of Merchiston (* 1550 in Merchiston Castle bei Edinburgh; † 3. April 1617 in Merchiston Castle) war e … Deutsch Wikipedia
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John Napier — For other people with the same name, see John Napier (disambiguation). John Napier John Napier (1550–1617) Born … Wikipedia
