Abraham De Moivre : setting the stage for classical probability and its applications - Bellhouse, D. R. (Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2011)
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.
"An A K Peters book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-256) and index.
Also available as an electronic resource.
Keywords: Moivre, Abraham de, -- 1667-1754.; Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography; Probabilities -- History -- 18th century; Mathematics -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century