...Nicole Oresme, who became Bishop of Lisieux, was a cutting-edge thinker at the time when he graphed temperature changes and introduced fractional exponents. Logarithms were discovered in the mid-16th century by the English J. Napier and Henry Briggs (1556-1631), and Briggs also assisted Kepler in his calculations, which will be discussed later. In 13th-century Italy, the Renaissance was sparked by Dante and others, and the Renaissance in art reached its peak in the 15th and 16th centuries. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "Briggs, H." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…リジューの司教となったニコル・オレームNicole Oresmeが温度の変化をグラフに表したり,分数指数を導入したりしたのは,当時としては先端的な発想であった。対数が発見されたのは16世紀の中葉になってからイギリスのJ.ネーピアやブリッグスHenry Briggs(1556‐1631)によるもので,ブリッグスは後述するケプラーの計算にも協力した。 13世紀のイタリアには,ダンテらによってルネサンスの機運が興り,美術上のルネサンスは15~16世紀に最盛期を迎える。… ※「Briggs,H.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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