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Joost Bürgi ou Jost Bürgi (Lichtensteig, 28 de fevereiro de 1552 — Kassel, 31 de janeiro de 1632) foi um relojoeiro e matemático suíço. [1]
Joost Bürgi nasceu em 28 de fevereiro de 1522 em Lichtensteig, na Suíça, e morreu em 31 de janeiro de 1632 em Kassel (agora Alemanha). Foi o homem mais hábil, e o mais famoso que trabalhou com relógios na sua época.
Jost Bürgi (also Joost, Jobst; Latinized surname Burgius or Byrgius; 28 February 1552 – 31 January 1632), active primarily at the courts in Kassel and Prague, was a Swiss clockmaker, a maker of astronomical instruments and a mathematician.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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 ou Jost Bürgi ( Lichtensteig, 28 de fevereiro de 1552 — Kassel, 31 de janeiro de 1632) foi um relojoeiro e matemático suíço.
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.
