Lot 980 Abraham de Moivre. The Doctrine of Chances: or, …

The Doctrine of Chances: or, a Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play. The second edition, Fuller, Clearer, and more Correct than the First. Mit holzgeschnittener Titelvignette, Zierleisten und Initialen, gestochenen Kopf- und Schlussvignetten, Tabellen, teils ganzseitig, mit leerem Blatt am Ende der Titelei. London, Printed for the Author, by H. Woodfall, 1738. XI, 259 S. 4° Zeitgenössischer Kalblederband (berieben, Rückenschild lädiert, Rücken am Kopf bestoßen.)

Mathematik

Naturwissenschaften – Macclesfield sale 1422 (large paper copy). - Norman 1529 (first edition). - Kress 5546c. - Zweite, erweiterte Auflage von Abraham De Moivres Hauptwerk zur Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie. Die vom Autor stark verbesserte Ausgabe und die letzte, die zu seinen Lebzeiten erschien, ein klassisches und bahnbrechendes Werk über Wahrscheinlichkeit. Das erste Lehrbuch zur Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung, das in dieser Ausgabe erstmals eine Approximation der Binomialverteilung durch die Normalverteilung bietet. Bedeutende Arbeit zur Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie von einem Freund Isaac Newtons, stark erweitert gegenüber der Erstausgabe von 1718, die Newton gewidmet war. De Moivres Werk, das bereits 1711 in den Philosophical Transactions mit "De mensura sortis" vorweggenommen wurde, erschien erstmals 1718. Dies ist die zweite und stark verbesserte Ausgabe mit über 75 Seiten neuen Materials. Mathematisch ist dies De Moivres wichtigstes Werk, und alle Ausgaben wurden als "landmark writings in western mathematics" eingestuft. -Stellenweise fleckig, kleines Loch im unteren Rand von Blatt O3, einige Blätter am Fußrand etwas kurz beschnitten.

Natural Sciences – Mathematics. - With woodcut title vignette, decorative borders, and initials, engraved head and tail vignettes, tables, some full-page, with a blank page at the end of the title section. Contemporary calfskin binding (slightly worn, spine label damaged, spine slightly bumped at the top.) Second, expanded edition of Abraham de Moivre's seminal work on probability theory. This edition, significantly revised by the author, was the last to appear during his lifetime, a classic and groundbreaking work on probability. The first textbook on probability theory to offer, in this edition, an approximation of the binomial distribution using the normal distribution. A significant work on probability theory by a friend of Isaac Newton, greatly expanded compared to the first edition of 1718, which was dedicated to Newton. De Moivre's work, which had already been previewed in 1711 in the Philosophical Transactions with "De mensura sortis," was first published in 1718. This is the second and greatly improved edition, containing over 75 pages of new material. Mathematically, this is De Moivre's most important work, and all editions have been classified as "landmark writings in Western mathematics."-Stained in places, small hole in the lower margin of folio O3, some folios slightly trimmed at the bottom margin.

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