The British Mathematicians Behind Logarithms: John Napier and Henry Briggs

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Some links to more information about logs and the people behind them:

About John Napier:
Biography:
https://history-computer.com/People/N...
A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of Saint John:
https://archive.org/details/NapierJoh...
Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio:
http://www.17centurymaths.com/content...

About Henry Briggs:
Biography:
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk...
Logarithmorum Chilias Prima:
https://locomat.loria.fr/briggs1617/b...

Also, an interesting book on important mathematical discoveries is '17 equations that changed the world' by Ian Stewart.

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