- ScotlandSource: John Napier
Biography of the philosopher and mathematician. Inventor of the decimal point.
www.scotlandsource.com/about/napier.htm
- ElectricScotland.com: John Napier
Biography.
www.electricscotland.com/history/other/john_napier.htm
- University of St. Andrews: John Napier
Scottish mathematician best known for his invention of logarithms, formulas used in solving spherical triangles, and Napier's Bones used for multiplying, dividing, and taking square and cube roots. Introduced decimal notation for fractions.
www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Napier.html
- Undusting Napier's Bones
Biography and Java simulation of Napier's Bones.
www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~greg/calculators/napier
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