Napier John math

When1:  1594

When2:  1617

Who:    John Napier [Napier, John]

What:   mathematician

Where:  Edinburgh, Scotland

works\  Description of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms [1614]; Using Sticks for Calculation of Products [1617: about Napier's Rods or Napier's Bones]

Detail: He lived 1550 to 1617, used decimal point [1594], and studied logarithms.

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