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Abraham De Moivre : setting the stage for classical probability and its applications
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- Creator
- David R. Bellhouse
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781568813493, 156881349X
- OCLC
- ocn676726983
- "An A K Peters book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 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