Todhunter I. A History of the Mathematical Theory of Probability from the Time of Pascal to that of Laplace

Macmillan and Co, 1865. — 638 p.An indefatigable mathematician and university teacher at Cambridge, Isaac Todhunter (1820-84) is best remembered for his successful textbooks. This 1865 publication traces the progress of probability theory from its roots in the seventeenth century through to the early nineteenth century and Pierre-Simon Laplace's wide-ranging coverage of the subject.