1614-2014 Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio

Description of the admirable principle of logarithms

In the a. s. 2013/2014 the Mateureka, Museum of Mathematics and Calculation Mateureka celebrates with an exhibition the 400 years of the publication of the Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio (1614) of Nepero presenting logarithms as one of the most important and prolific ideas-mathematics.

Topics of the Exhibition:

• The discovery of logarithms
• The Logarithms of Nepero
• The concept of logarithm
• The slide rule
• Square calculators... square roots... Cubic roots
• Appendix 1: Before logarithms
• Appendix 2: The logarithms
• Appendix 3: The life of Nepero
• Appendix 4: Logarithms according to Burgi
• Appendix 5: the logarithmic function of Torricelli
• Appendix 6: The logarithmic spiral
• Appendix 7: The Tractor of Huygins
• Appendix 8: The exponential function
• Appendix 9: The logarithmic function
• Appendix 10: The problem “Austriacum”
• Appendix 11: We build a logarithmic scale
• Appendix 12: We build a slide rule
• Appendix 13: Logarithms and first numbers
• Appendix 14: Logarithms and music