Abraham de Moivre : setting the stage for classical probability and its applications / David R. Bellhouse.
Pubblicazione:
Boca Raton : CRC press, c2011.
Descrizione fisica:
XIV, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Early life in France 2. Points of connection 3. Getting established in England 4. Scotica mathematica 5. The breakthrough: De mensura sortis 6. A Newtonian intermezzo 7. Miscellanea mathematica 8. The doctrine of chances and the doctrine disputed 9. Doctrinal dissemination and further development 10. De Moivre as teacher 11. Life annuities 12. The decade of the doctrine enhanced 13. The two Thomases 14. Old age. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index
