John napier biography in gujarati

John Napier (1550—1617), Scottish mathematician and theological writer who originated the concept of logarithms as a mathematical device to aid in calculations.

Early life

At the age of 13, Napier entered the University of St.

Andrews, but his stay appears to have been short, and he left without taking a degree.

Little is known of Napier’s early life, but it is thought that he traveled abroad, as was then the custom of the sons of the Scottish landed gentry.

He was certainly back home in 1571, and he stayed either at Merchiston or at Gartness for the rest of his life. He married the following year.

John napier biography in gujarati language

A few years after his wife’s death in 1579, he married again.

Theology and inventions

Napier’s life was spent amid bitter religious dissensions. A passionate and uncompromising Protestant, in his dealings with the Church of Rome he sought no quarter and gave none.

It was well known that James VI of Scotland hoped to succeed Elizabeth I to the English throne, and it was