1. History of Computers
John Napier, Laird of Merchiston was a Scottish mathematician. He was born in 1550 at his family estate, Merchiston Tower, Scotland. At the age of 13 Napier attended St. Salvator's College but never graduated. In 1573 he married Elizabeth Sterling who bore him a son and a daughter before her death in 1579. A few years later he was remarried to Agnes Chisholm, whom he had five sons and five daughters with. In 1617 Napier died and is now buried in Scotland's capitol Edinburgh. John Napier is most famous for his invention of Logarithms. In his book Mirifici Logarthmorum Canonis Descriptio or Description of the Marvelous Rule of Logarithms, Napier explained How logarithms could be used for simplifying complex equations, the sole use for logarithms at his time. Napier's thinking capabilities were not limited to logarithms. He dabbled in inventing during Scottish conflict with Spain. He designed several weapons of war to aide Scotland in this conflict, including a tank-like chariot, a submarine, a burning mirror similar to that of Archimedes for setting fire to ships, and an artillery piece that could destroy a whole field of soldiers. He also came up with several novel ideas for farming, including using salt as a fertilizer and weed killer, which are still used today. Napier also wrote a book by the name of A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of John, In which he proved the Pope was the antichrist and predicted the world's end in 1700. Napier also invented a tool, called "Napier's Bones," by which multiplication and division was made easier through the arrangement of marked rods or bones to form a table.
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Similarly, John Napier, a Scottish mathematician helped Kepler to refine his theory through mathematical method unintentionally. John Napier is famous for his discovery of logarithms. ... The invention was of great assistance to Johannes Kepler, and made possible the rapid development of astronomy in the 17th century" (Napier, John). ...
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Section I: Book Length Works Alain Locke's career in publishing spanned over a quarter of a century; from the 1920's to the 1950's. He established the Associates in Negro Folk Education, an organization created to collect and share and accurate history of African Americans. Locke published and rep...
Mathematicians: Making numerous contributions A mathematician is described as someone who uses logic or theory to solve problems. Mathematicians and their craft have been making milestones in history ever since the Neanderthal man became homo - sapiens and began communicating, with the use of speec...
