The Life and Works of John Napier

ISBN-13: 9783319532813 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 994 str.

Brian Rice; Enrique Gonzalez-Velasco; Alexander Corrigan

Opis

For 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 chapters, one covering Napier himself, one his mathematical works, and one his religious work. The latter has been written by an academic who was awarded a PhD thesis in this subject at Edinburgh University, and it provides the most thorough coverage available of this abstruse and little understood work.

Recenzje

"This is an excellent book and bringing all Napier's works together with three excellent commentaries has been an immense, but very worthwhile, undertaking." (Edmund Robertson, London Mathematical Society Newsletter, newsletter.lms.ac.uk, Issue 475, March, 2018)

"The Life and Works of John Napier is the definitive collection of writings about and by this famous mathematician. The massive text (nearly 1,000 pages) contains initial chapters of biographical material, which place Napier in a historical, political, and religious framework. ... For the first time, translations from the Latin editions of his various works are integrated into one volume. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Researchers and faculty." (R. L. Pour, Choice, Vol. 55 (2), October, 2017)

"This book presents the English translations of Napier's five important publications together in one volume for the first time and this means the fulfilment of a long-standing desideratum. It can be hoped that the interest in Napier and his works will be further inspired by this voluminous book." (Thomas Sonar, zbMATH, Vol. 1365.01001, 2017) 

Spis treści

Foreword.- 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.