Math has been around for quite a long time and is still prominent today. Math is all around us. Everything that has been built or invented involved some calculation of some sort. However a specific kind of math is used to help solve crime. This math is called logarithms. Logarithms is a quantity representing the power to which a fixed number (the base) must be raised to produce a given number that was made by John Napier. Therefore, The reason why logarithms are impont is becusa of john napier childhood, his adulthood, and his works. John Napier was born on February 1, 1550 in Merchiston Tower, Edinburgh, Scotland. Napier father was Sir Archibald Napier who was a wealthy Scottish landowner. His mother , Janet Bothwell, was the daughter …show more content…
John knew James Vl of Scotland and hoped that he would succeed Elizabeth I to the English throne. He published “A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John” in 1594 based partly on concerns that Philip of Spain might invade Scotland. John knew James Vl of Scotland and hoped that he would succeed Elizabeth I to the English throne. He also begged James to deal with the Roman Catholics, and on three occasions Napier was a member of a committee appointed to make representations to the King concerning the welfare of the church and to urge him to see that “justice be done against the enemies of God’s Church.” he made a invented at least one war weapon. His position as a member of the Scottish nobility allowed him to more spend time on scientific research than would likely have been possible for a man of a humbler background. Napier also devised a specialized form of abacus for multiplication and division, which bears the name “Napier’s Bones” to this day. After that he went back to scotland ad took contral of hie father’s estates after his father died. Then he married Elizabeth and had two kids.but she died and he remarried Agnes Chisholm and had ten more kids. He died in April 4,