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John Napier

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This free course looks at Scotsman John Napier, best known to for his treatise on Protestant religion. However, it was his interest in a completely different subject that radically altered the course of mathematics. After 40 years of dabbling in maths, he revealed his table of logarithms in the early 17th century.

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After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • understand the significance of John Napier's contributions to mathematics
  • give examples of the factors that influenced Napier's mathematical work.

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