John Napier contributed to many fields of science and philosophy. His mathematical
inventions and discoveries laid a considerable part of the foundation of modern
computer science. Napier University in Scotland is named after him. The tower in
which he was born - the Tower of Merchiston - lies at the centre of Napier
University's Merchiston campus [Napier University 2001].
the contributions of john napier in develoing computer
John Napier invented the Napier's Bone
William Oughtred contribution in developing computer was the slide rule which is based on the emerging work on logarithms by John Napier. Before the advent of the pocket calculator, it was the most commonly used calculation tool in science and engineering.
in 1614 john Napier invented logarithms and a device called NAPIER,s bones
John Napier - primatologist - was born in 1917.
John Napier Burnett was born in 1899.
John Napier Burnett died in 1989.
John Napier's calculating machine invention is called "Napier's Bones."
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John Napier
John Napier is best known for discovering logarithms. He also invented Napier's bones. John Napier was a famous Mathematician that was born in 1550 and passed away in 1617.
In 1614, John Napier published his invention of logarithms.
John Napier invented the Napier`s bone in 1617