 Bernoulli 's work influenced many contemporary and subsequent mathematicians . Even the afterthought @-@ like tract on calculus has been quoted frequently ; most notably by the Scottish mathematician Colin Maclaurin . Jacob 's program of applying his art of conjecture to the matters of practical life , which was terminated by his death in 1705 , was continued by his nephew Nicolaus Bernoulli , after having taken parts verbatim out of Ars Conjectandi , for his own dissertation entitled De Usu Artis Conjectandi in Jure which was published already in 1709 . Nicolas finally edited and assisted in the publication of Ars <unk> in 1713 . Later Nicolaus also edited Jacob Bernoulli 's complete works and supplemented it with results taken from Jacob 's diary . 
