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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.
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 (born Feb. 28, 1552, Lichtensteig, Switz.—died Jan. 31, 1632, Kassel, Hesse-Kassel) was a mathematician who invented logarithms independently of the Scottish mathematician John Napier.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
Joost Bürgi. Born in Switzerland, Bürgi acquired considerable skills in mathematics and astronomical observations and computations. In 1579, he became clockmaker and instrument-maker at the Kassel observatory, the first to be fitted with a revolving dome. His early reputation as instrument-maker prompted an invitation [...]
Bürgi was born 28 February 1552, in Lichtensteig in the Toggenburg , a 70 km long alpine highland valley along the Thur River and southwest of Mount Säntis in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland .
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.
