John Napier
Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1550–1617)
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Scottish landowner who cracked logarithms and made math less painful with Napier's bones—a mechanical calculator that didn't require a PhD to operate. The decimal point's best friend.
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John Napier of Merchiston, nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston, was a Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He was the 8th Laird of Merchiston. Napier is best known as the discoverer of logarithms. He also invented the Napier's bones calculating device and popularised the use of the decimal point in arithmetic.
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