John Napier was a landowner as well as a _______.
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John Napier was a Scottish landowner and mathematician. He is credited with inventing logarithms and is considered one of the most important mathematicians of the 16th century. Napier's work on logarithms was published in 1614 in his book "Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio". Logarithms are a mathematical tool that allows for the simplification of multiplication and division operations.
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