Bellhouse, D. R.
Abraham De Moivre setting the stage for classical probability and its applications / [electronic resource] : David R. Bellhouse. - Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2011. - 266 p. : ill.
"An A K Peters book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-256) and index.
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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781439865781 (ebook : PDF)
Moivre, Abraham de, 1667-1754.
Mathematicians--Great Britain--Biography.
Probabilities--History--18th century.
Mathematics--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.
Electronic books.
Abraham De Moivre setting the stage for classical probability and its applications / [electronic resource] : David R. Bellhouse. - Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2011. - 266 p. : ill.
"An A K Peters book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-256) and index.
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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781439865781 (ebook : PDF)
Moivre, Abraham de, 1667-1754.
Mathematicians--Great Britain--Biography.
Probabilities--History--18th century.
Mathematics--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.
Electronic books.