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Abraham De Moivre : setting the stage for classical probability and its applications / David R. Bellhouse.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2011.Description: 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781568813493
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA29.M5237 B45 2011
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  • Also available as an electronic resource.
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.
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"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.

Also available as an electronic resource.

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