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Abraham De Moivre : setting the stage for classical probability and its applications /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bellhouse, D. R. (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Moivre, Abraham de, > 1667-1754.
Probabilities > History > 18th century.
Mathematicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Mathematics > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Early Life in France
  • Points of Connection
  • Getting Established in England
  • Scotica Mathematica
  • The Breakthrough : De Mensura Sortis
  • A Newtonian Intermezzo
  • Miscellanea Mathematica
  • The Doctrine of Chances and the Doctrine Disputed
  • Doctrinal Dissemination and Further Development
  • De Moivre as Teacher
  • Life Annuities
  • The Decade of the Doctrine Enhanced
  • The Two Thomases
  • Old Age.