John Napier

John Napier (1550-1617), laird of Merchiston, was a Scottish mathematician, born in Merchiston Castle, near Edinburgh. He is famed over the world as the inventor of logarithms. He wrote a book on the Apocalypse, which contains some plain-spoken counsel to King James. He believed in astrology, and was addicted to divination as well as mechanical invention.

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