Clark, Kathleen <br/><br/>
Jost Burgi's Arithmetische und geometrische Progress Tabulen (1620) :  edition and commentary / 
 Arithmetische und geometrische Progress Tabulen (1620) 
Kathleen Clark. 
 - xii, 258 pages :  illustrations (chiefly color) ;  24 cm. 
 - Science Networks. Historical Studies,  volume 53  1421-6329 ; .
 - Science networks historical studies ;  v. 53. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>A brief biography of Jost Bürgi (1552-1632) : Introduction -- Lichtensteig and surrounds: Bürgi's early life and work (1552-1579) -- Connections in Kassel: 1579-1603 -- Prague: 1603-1631 -- Return to Kassel: 1631-1632. Details of Aritmetische und Geometrische Progreß Tabulen: printed tables, manuscripts, and mathematical details : Introduction -- Brief descriptions of extant prints and manuscripts -- The München print (Mn) of 1620 -- The Gdańsk manuscript (Gk) -- The Graz manuscript (Gz) -- Detailed description of the Gz manuscript - The content of Bürgi's "Kurzer Bericht" (as given in the Gk and Gz copies) -- The foreword to the "truehearted reader" -- The tables -- Graphical depiction of the tables and relation -- The "Kurzer Bericht." Aritmetische und Geometrische Progreß Tabulen: edition, translation, and commentary : Introduction -- A guide to reading the manuscript transcription and translation -- Gz manuscript of Aritmetische un Geometrische Progreß Tabulen (1620) -- Transcription -- Translation and commentary. Final perspectives. Appendix A: Bürgi biography at a glance. Appendix B: Napier's argument and construction of logarithms. Appendix C: 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. Index of names. Index of places. Subject index. 
<br/><br/> This monograph presents a groundbreaking scholarly treatment of the Swiss mathematician Jost Bürgi's original work on logarithms. It provides the first-even English translation of Bürgi's text and illuminates his role in the development of the conception of logarithms, for which John Napier is traditionally given priority. high-resolution scans of each page of his handwritten text are reproduced for the reader and as a means of preserving an important work for which there are very few surviving copies. 
<br/><br/><br/>In German and English; an English text describing a German document from the 1600s. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781493931606 1493931601 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015950839 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB5F2776  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bürgi, Jost, 1552-1632. <br/>Bürgi, Jost, 1552-1632. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Logarithms--History.<br/>Logarithms--Tables.<br/>Mathematics--Early works to 1800.<br/>Mathematics--Tables.<br/>Logarithms.<br/>Mathematics.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Logarithms    Buerki Burki Birkhaeuser Verlag, Springer Business Media Clark Kathleen Other 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Tables.<br/>Early works.<br/>History.