First edition of Jocob's great treatise published posthumously. It was the first systematic attempt to place the theory of probability on a firm basis and is still the foundation of much modern practice in all fields where probability is concerned � insurance, statistics and mathematical heredity tables. Other researches by Jacob, once regarded as curiosities, are now found to have practical application to the construction of suspension bridges and in the transmission of high voltages.

"Jacob was among the first to develop the calculus beyond the point at which it was left by Newton (172) and Leibniz (160). His brother Johann and Euler (196) between them perfected the calculus to a point which made it of almost everyday use in Europe, while its development was virtually neglected in...[ Read more ]

First edition of Jocob's great treatise published posthumously. It was the first systematic attempt to place the theory of probability on a firm basis and is still the foundation of much modern practice in all fields where probability is concerned � insurance, statistics and mathematical heredity tables. Other researches by Jacob, once regarded as curiosities, are now found to have practical application to the construction of suspension bridges and in the transmission of high voltages.

"Jacob was among the first to develop the calculus beyond the point at which it was left by Newton (172) and Leibniz (160). His brother Johann and Euler (196) between them perfected the calculus to a point which made it of almost everyday use in Europe, while its development was virtually neglected in England." --Printing And The Mind Of Man 179.