Essay on the history of logarithms. Uspensky Y.V.

In the readers offered the attention of readers, written by the famous domestic mathematician Ya. V. Uspensky, a presentation of the history of the emergence and development of the doctrine of logarithms is given. The author in a fascinating and affordable form shows the gradual changes in this teaching, starting with the occurrence of the first concept of logarithm and ending with the establishment of a connection with the indicative function and important rows found in the analysis. The book is addressed to mathematicians and historians of science, as well as a wide circle of readers interested in mathematics.