"An A K Peters book." Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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