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There was an interesting text, by Isaac Asimov, where he explained in a very clear way the historical importance of logarithms -- they allowed Kepler to finaliz
by jamalaramala 2y ago
There was an interesting text, by Isaac Asimov, where he explained in a very clear way the historical importance of logarithms -- they allowed Kepler to finalize his work by replacing tables of multiplications (which were difficult and error-prone) with sums.
- vismit2000 2y agoRealm of Algebra by Isaac Asimov: https://archive.org/stream/RealmOfAlgebra-English-IsaacAsimov/asimov-algebra_djvu.txt https://archive.org/stream/RealmOfAlgebra-English-IsaacAsimo...