[PAR] [TLE] The Doctrine of Chances [SEP] The Doctrine of Chances was the first textbook on probability theory, written by 18th-century French mathematician Abraham de Moivre and first published in 1718.  De Moivre wrote in English because he resided in England at the time, having fled France to escape the persecution of Huguenots.  The book's title came to be synonymous with "probability theory", and accordingly the phrase was used in Thomas Bayes' famous posthumous paper "An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances", wherein a version of Bayes' theorem was first introduced. [PAR] [TLE] Huguenots [SEP] Huguenots (English pronunciation or ; French: "Les huguenots" , ] ) are the ethnoreligious group of French Protestants who follow the Reformed tradition.
[PAR] [TLE] The Doctrine of Chances [ SEP ] The Doctrine of Chances was the first textbook on probability theory , written by 18th - century French mathematician Abraham de Moivre and first published in 1718 . De Moivre wrote in English because he resided in England at the time , having fled France to escape the persecution of Huguenots . The book 's title came to be synonymous with " probability theory " , and accordingly the phrase was used in Thomas Bayes ' famous posthumous paper " An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances " , wherein a version of Bayes ' theorem was first introduced . [PAR] [TLE] Huguenots [ SEP ] Huguenots ( English pronunciation or ; French : " Les huguenots " , ] ) are the ethnoreligious group of French Protestants who follow the Reformed tradition .
The Doctrine of Chances was the first textbook on probability theory written by a mathematician who fled France to escape the persecution of French Protestants who follow what?
The Doctrine of Chances was the first textbook on probability theory written by a mathematician who fled France to escape the persecution of French Protestants who follow what ?
the Reformed tradition
the Reformed tradition