Jost Bürgi's Aritmetische und Geometrische Progreß Tabulen (1620) Edition and Commentary /
This monograph presents a groundbreaking scholarly treatment of the German mathematician Jost Bürgi’s original work on logarithms, Arithmetische und Geometrische Progreß Tabulen. It provides the first-ever English translation of Bürgi’s text and illuminates his role in the development of the concept...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Birkhäuser,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015. |
| Series: | Science Networks. Historical Studies,
53 |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3161-3 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- A Brief Biography of Jost Bürgi (1522-1632)
- Details of Aritmetische und Geometrische Progreß Tabulen: Printed Tables, Manuscripts, and Mathematical Details
- Aritmetische und Geometrische Progreß Tabulen: Edition, Translation, and Commentary
- Final Perspectives
- Appendix 1: Bürgi Biography at a Glance
- Appendix 2: Napier's Argument and Construction of Logarithms
- Appendix 3: The Tables of the Aritmetische und Geometrische Progreß Tabulen/Sambt gründlichem unterricht/wie solche nützlich in allerley Rechnungen zu gebrauchen/und verstanden werden sol (Bürgi, 1620)
- References.