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Joost Bürgi o Jobst Bürgi (también conocido por su forma latinizada Byrgius) (28 de febrero de 1552, Lichtensteig, Suiza - 31 de enero de 1632, Kassel, Hesse-Kassel) fue un relojero y matemático suizo.
Joost Bürgi was a mathematician who invented logarithms independently of the Scottish mathematician John Napier. Bürgi served as court watchmaker to Duke Wilhelm IV of Hesse-Kassel from 1579 to 1592 and worked in the royal observatory at Kassel, where he developed geometrical and astronomical.
Jost Bürgi (also Joost, Jobst; Latinized surname Burgius or Byrgius; 28 February 1552 – 31 January 1632 [1] ), active primarily at the courts in Kassel and Prague, was a Swiss clockmaker, a maker of astronomical instruments and a mathematician .
Jost Bürgi was a Swiss mathematician who discovered logarithms independently of the Scottish mathematician Napier. View two larger pictures. Biography. Jost Bürgi's first name is sometime written as Joost, Jobst or Justus while his second name is sometime written in a Latin form Byrgius.
Joost Bürgi o Jobst Bürgi fue un relojero y matemático suizo. En ocasiones es acreditado como el inventor de los logaritmos, aunque habitualmente el crédito de este descubrimiento se atribuye al británico John Napier, quien fue el primero en publicar su trabajo.
Learn how Joost Bürgi, a Swiss clock maker, developed a system of logarithms based on arithmetic and geometric progressions in 1620. See examples of how he used his tables for various calculations and how he used color to distinguish black numbers and red numbers.
Joost Bürgi. 1552-1632. German Mathematician. I n his work as a clockmaker and astronomer, Joost Bürgi needed accurate mathematical information, and for this reason developed the concept of logarithms into a practical method of computation.
