John Napier

John Napier (1550–April 4, 1617) was a Scottish mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He is most remembered as the inventor of natural logarithms, of Napier's bones (also known as Napier's rods) and for popularizing the decimal point. He was born in Merchiston Tower, Edinburgh, Scotland.

External links

• {{MacTutor Biography|id=Napier}}
• Explanation of Napier's Bones
• Short biography and translation of work on logarithms
• Intro to Spherical Trig. Includes discussion of The Napier circle and Napier's rules

http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=523542005

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