Abraham de Moivre's Books

The French mathematician Abraham de Moivre (1667-1754) is remembered for his formula which relates complex numbers and trigonometry. Reissued here is the revised and expanded 1738 second edition of the influential textbook on probability theory that he first published in English in 1718.

Published in 1938: The new volume presents a full and profusely illustrated account of progress made during the eighteenth century in Mathematics, Mechanics, Astronomy, Physics, Meteorology, Geography, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, Psychology, Demography, Economics, Philosophy, and Technology.

In the year 1716 Abraham de Moivre published his Doctrine of Chances, in which the subject of Mathematical Probability took several long strides forward. A few years later came his Treatise of Annuities. When the third (and final) edition of the Doctrine was published in 1756 it appeared in one volume together with a revised edition of the work on Annuities. It is this latter two-volumes-in-one that is presented here in an exact photographic reprint, with a series of problems of progressive interest, followed by full solutions and an afterword by H.M. Walker.

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Book's by Abraham de Moivre

The Doctrine of Chances

The Doctrine of Chances

A History of Science Technology and Philosophy in the 18th Century

A History of Science Technology and Philosophy in the 18th Century

The Doctrine of Chances: A Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play

The Doctrine of Chances: A Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play

The Doctrine of Chances: Or, a Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play. the Third Edition, Fuller, Clearer, and More Correct

The Doctrine of Chances: Or, a Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play. the Third Edition, Fuller, Clearer, and More Correct

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