LEADER 03723nam 22005175 450 001 9910254292403321 005 20200701041540.0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-53282-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000001095347 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-53282-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4821301 035 $a(PPN)199770115 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001095347 100 $a20170309d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Life and Works of John Napier /$fby Brian Rice, Enrique González-Velasco, Alexander Corrigan 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XVIII, 994 p. 119 illus., 21 illus. in color.) 311 $a3-319-53281-2 311 $a3-319-53282-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aForeword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Orthography -- 1. John Napier -- 2. Revealing the Plaine Discovery -- 3. A Plain Discovery -- 4. Mathematical Introduction -- 5. Descriptio -- 6. Rabdologiae -- 7. Constructio -- 8. De Arte Logistica -- 9. Appendices -- 10. Further Reading -- 11. Bibliography of Napier's Works. 330 $aFor the first time, all five of John Napier?s works have been brought together in English in a single volume, making them more accessible than ever before. His four mathematical works were originally published in Latin: two in his lifetime (1550?1617), one shortly after he died, and one over 200 years later. The authors have prepared three introductory chapters, one covering Napier himself, one his mathematical works, and one his religious work. The former has been prepared by one of Napier?s descendants and contains many new findings about Napier?s life to provide the most complete biography of this enigmatic character, whose reputation has previously been overshadowed by rumour and speculation. The latter has been written by an academic who was awarded a PhD for his thesis on Napier at the University of Edinburgh, and it provides the most lucid and coherent coverage available of this abstruse and little understood work. The chapter on Napier?s mathematical texts has been authored by an experienced and respected academic, whose recent works have specialised in the history of mathematics and whose Journey through Mathematics was selected in March of 2012 as an Outstanding Title in Mathematics by Choice magazine, a publication of the American Library Association. All three authors have revisited the primary sources extensively and deliver new insights about Napier and his works, whilst revising the many myths and assumptions that surround his life and character. 606 $aMathematics 606 $aHistory 606 $aReligion?History 606 $aHistory of Mathematical Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M23009 606 $aHistory of Religion$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1A7000 615 0$aMathematics. 615 0$aHistory. 615 0$aReligion?History. 615 14$aHistory of Mathematical Sciences. 615 24$aHistory of Religion. 676 $a510.9 700 $aRice$b Brian$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0766783 702 $aGonzález-Velasco$b Enrique$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aCorrigan$b Alexander$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254292403321 996 $aThe Life and Works of John Napier$92028763 997 $aUNINA