What Latin name was John Napier known by?
Julianus Numerus
Romanus Reckoner
Ioannes Neper
Mathematicus Maximus
Answer
Ioannes Neper was the Latin name for John Napier, a Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He is credited with inventing logarithms and for his work on the development of the decimal notation system. His most famous work, the Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio, was published in 1614 and introduced the concept of logarithms to the world.
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