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The very first table of logarithms, \\textit{Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio} or \\textit{Descriptio} for short, was published in the year 1614. Hence, the year 2014 marked the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first table of logarithms and the author took the opportunity to write this book on the life and mathematical achievements of John Napier. NEWLINENEWLINEAfter an introduction the first chapter is devoted to biographical details. In the second chapter, the first publication of Napier on the revelation of St John is concerned. In this work, which shows a mathematical structure, Napier `proved' the pope being the anti-Christ. Publications of this kind were quite common in the circles of protestant scientists in these days as the example of Michael Stifel, who first recognised logarithmic scales, shows. The third chapter is devoted to the \\textit{Descriptio}. The author describes in detail the applications for which the \\textit{Descriptio} was written, namely astronomy, navigation, and spherical trigonometry. Not a word is spend in the \\textit{Descriptio} on how the table is constructed. This was done in \\textit{Mirifici logarithmorum canonis constructio} or \\textit{Constructio} for short posthumously. This book is described in Chapter 4. The author goes into great detail concerning the methods used by Napier and gives examples so that the reader can easily comprehend the steps necessary to construct such a table. Chapter 5 discusses another important invention of Napier, Napier's rods or bones. These are small sticks, each of them containing a multiplication table. In arranging several of the rods one can multiply numbers with an arbitrary number of digits and division is also possible. Chapter 6 introduces Napier's \\textit{De arte logistica} in which he examined economic modes to calculate, especially with roots. Here, also examples are given. In Chapter 7, the author asks for the legacy of Napier's inventions. The slide rule appears, of course, as the Briggsian or common logarithms. Henry Briggs, who visited Napier in Scotland, introduced the idea of the common logarithm and gave the first table of these numbers. The history from common logarithms to natural logarithms is also discussed in some detail. A short epilogue is followed by a number of appendices containing a list of Napier's works, the Scottish Hall of Fame, a history of Scotland in the days of Napier, the role of the reformation in Scotland, the use of logarithmic tables in later times, methods of multiplying, Napier's kinematic model, Napier's inequalities, a Virgilian motto, the rule of three, Mercator's map, and the logarithms (`black and red numbers') of Jost B\u00fcrgi. A list of references and an index conclude the book. NEWLINENEWLINEThis book is a very readable account on Napier's life and achievements. 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