Abraham De Moivre : setting the stage for classical probability and its applications
by
Bellhouse, D. R., author.
Title
:
Abraham De Moivre : setting the stage for classical probability and its applications
Author
:
Bellhouse, D. R., author.
ISBN
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9780429108358
Physical Description
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1 online resource (266 pages)
General Note
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An A K Peters book.
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.
Personal Subject
:
Moivre, Abraham de, 1667-1754.
Subject Term
:
Probabilities -- History -- 18th century.
Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Mathematics -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Geographic Term
:
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
Electronic Access
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| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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| Online Library | E-Book | 546784-1001 | QA29 .M5237 B45 2011 | | CRC E-Books |