Born
1550
Died
1617
Nationality
Scottish
Events involving John Napier (2)
1614
ID: 4456
John Napier publishes 'Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio' - invents logarithms to turn multiplication into addition
ID: 4456
1617
ID: 4457
Napier's bones (Napier's rods) invented - numbered rods for multiplication, division, and square roots
ID: 4457