John Napier
This goo was worth a point in February 2024.
publication date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (part of February 2024)
category: 
Science
clue: This Scottish mathematician was so essential to the study of logarithms that the NEPER unit was named after him.
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
Ancient Acrostic: Sator Squares are a meme from ancient Rome, a double-acrostic palindrome puzzle in which five words repeat backwards, forwards, upwards, and downwards. The tiles were made over the course of centuries, and historians have a variety of theories as to their origin but no definitive explanation, making them a compelling historical enigma. Ponder their meaning with these seven celebrities, each of whom was inspired by a different five-letter word that can be traced in a winding route on the squares.Similar Goos
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