[SIGCIS-Members] Jost Buergi and the discovery of the logarithms

[herbert.bruderer at bluewin.ch]

Dear colleagues:
The Swiss clockmaker Jost Bürgi was a famous instrument maker, mathematician and astronomer.
He discovered the logarithms before John Napier but published them later.
He collaborated with Johannes Kepler.
Perhaps of interest:
Jost Bürgi and the Discovery of Logarithms | blog at CACM | Communications of the ACM
Best wishes,
Herbert Bruderer
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