Joost Bürgi

Joost Bürgi (February 28 1552 - January 31 1632) was a Swiss clockmaker and mathematician. He is sometimes regarded as the inventor of the logarithm, although credit often goes to John Napier instead. He was also a major contributor to prosthaphaeresis, a technique for computing products quickly using trigonometric identities which predated logarithms.

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February 28 - 1552 - January 31 - 1632 - Swiss - Clock - Mathematician - Logarithm - John Napier - Prosthaphaeresis

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Bürgi was born in Lichtensteig, Switzerland and died in Kassel, Hesse-Kassel (now part of Germany).

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Lichtensteig - Switzerland - Kassel - Hesse-Kassel - Germany

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The lunar crater Byrgius is named in his honor.

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Lunar - Crater - Byrgius

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