Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I CARDAN. KEPLER. GALILEO
- CHAPTER II PASCAL AND FERMAT
- CHAPTER III HUYGENS
- CHAPTER IV ON COMBINATIONS
- CHAPTER V MORTALITY AND LIFE INSURANCE
- CHAPTER VI MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS BETWEEN THE YEARS 1670 AND 1700
- CHAPTER VII JAMES BERNOULLI
- CHAPTER VIII MONTMORT
- CHAPTER IX DE MOIVRE
- CHAPTER X MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS BETWEEN THE YEARS 1700 AND 1750
- CHAPTER XI DANIEL BERNOULLI
- CHAPTER XII EULER
- CHAPTER XIII D'ALEMBERT
- CHAPTER XIV BAYES
- CHAPTER XV LAGRANGE
- CHAPTER XVI MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS BETWEEN THE YEARS 1750 AND 1780
- CHAPTER XVII CONDORCET
- CHAPTER XVIII TREMBLEY
- CHAPTER XIX MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS BETWEEN THE YEARS 1780 AND 1800
- CHAPTER XX LAPLACE
- APPENDIX
- CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF AUTHORS
- INDEX
CHAPTER VI - MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS BETWEEN THE YEARS 1670 AND 1700
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2016
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I CARDAN. KEPLER. GALILEO
- CHAPTER II PASCAL AND FERMAT
- CHAPTER III HUYGENS
- CHAPTER IV ON COMBINATIONS
- CHAPTER V MORTALITY AND LIFE INSURANCE
- CHAPTER VI MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS BETWEEN THE YEARS 1670 AND 1700
- CHAPTER VII JAMES BERNOULLI
- CHAPTER VIII MONTMORT
- CHAPTER IX DE MOIVRE
- CHAPTER X MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS BETWEEN THE YEARS 1700 AND 1750
- CHAPTER XI DANIEL BERNOULLI
- CHAPTER XII EULER
- CHAPTER XIII D'ALEMBERT
- CHAPTER XIV BAYES
- CHAPTER XV LAGRANGE
- CHAPTER XVI MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS BETWEEN THE YEARS 1750 AND 1780
- CHAPTER XVII CONDORCET
- CHAPTER XVIII TREMBLEY
- CHAPTER XIX MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS BETWEEN THE YEARS 1780 AND 1800
- CHAPTER XX LAPLACE
- APPENDIX
- CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF AUTHORS
- INDEX
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- A History of the Mathematical Theory of ProbabilityFrom the Time of Pascal to that of Laplace, pp. 44 - 55Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1865