Maty’s biography of abraham de moivre, translated, annotated and augmented

Statistical Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-136

  Bellhouse, David R ^a   Genest, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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