John Napier

John Napier, baron de Merchiston (1èr de febrier de 1550, Edimborg, 4 d'abriu de 1617, Edimborg[1]), es un teologian, un astronòm e un matematician escocés. Es famós per son tractat Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio, escrich en 1614, que presenta la premiera descripcion vertadiera dei foncions logaritmicas. Napier aguèt pas consciéncia de l'importància de sa descubèrta. Per eu, èra a publicar de taulas de correspondància entre doas serias de valor que permetián de simplificar lei calculs trigonometricas utilizadas en astronomia e en cartografia. Pasmens, son trabalh foguèt popularizat per plusors personalitats scientificas importantas après sa mòrt, especialament Johannes Kepler, e l'importància dei logaritmes foguèt pauc a pauc identificada durant la premiera mitat dau sègle XVII.
Liames intèrnes
Bibliografia
- (fr) Maite Gorriz Farré e Santiago Vilches Latorre (trad. Simon Prime), L'origine du calcul et des logarithmes : Napier, Barcelone, RBA Coleccionables, 2018.
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