Re: How log comes into math?
- From: Wayne Brown <fwbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:18:24 GMT
xmp <xmp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> "Lawrence House" <lawrence.house@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I thought this little bit of history might be of interest to some of you
> who now have >much better calculators, which can do any calculation to 12
> places instantly.
>
> i was at a small branch library yesterday, and they still have the log table
> books. come to think of it, i've seen them in university libraries as well.
> you'd think they'd get rid of them to make space for other books e.g.
> Dummies Guide to HP-48.
They're still useful for learning how logs and exponents work, and
for keeping in practice at doing math without the aid of calculators
or computers. I have books of log tables (and trig tables, etc.) on my
shelves, and still carry and use slide rules (in addition to my HP48GX).
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