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John Napier
(1550 - 4 Apr 1617)
Scottish mathematician and writer.
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Quotes by others about John Napier (2)
...by shortening the labours doubled the life of the astronomer.
On the benefit of Napier's logarithms.
On the benefit of Napier's logarithms.
Quoted in H. Eves, In Mathematical Circles (1969).
Foreshadowings of the principles and even of the language of [the infinitesimal] calculus can be found in the writings of Napier, Kepler, Cavalieri, Pascal, Fermat, Wallis, and Barrow. It was Newton's good luck to come at a time when everything was ripe for the discovery, and his ability enabled him to construct almost at once a complete calculus.
History of Mathematics (3rd Ed., 1901), 366.
See also: | Ability (13) | Anecdote (14) | Isaac Barrow (6) | Calculus (13) | Calculus (13) | Construct (3) | Discovery (178) | Enable (3) | Pierre de Fermat (3) | Johannes Kepler (38) | Language (39) | Sir Isaac Newton (131) | Blaise Pascal (11) | Principle (35) | Publication (62) | John Wallis (2)
