Practice mode Inventions

Logarithms, which simplified long calculations, were introduced in 1614 by whom?

Correct answer B. John Napier

Explanation

Scottish mathematician John Napier published his work on logarithms in 1614, allowing multiplication and division to be done by addition and subtraction.

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