Smallpox inoculation: an eighteenth century mathematical controversy
By: translation and critical commentary by L. Bradley.
Contributors: Bernoulli, Daniel, 1700-1782.; Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783.
Publisher: University of Nottingham, Dept. of Adult Education
Published: 1971
Place of publication: [Matlock]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Smallpox -- Vaccination.; Epidemiology -- Mathematical models.; Probabilities -- Early works to 1800.; Smallpox -- History -- 18th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Includes An attempt at a new analysis, translation of Essai d'une nouvelle analyse, by Daniel Bernoulli and translation of Opuscules mathématiques, T.2, Memoir 11, by Jean Lerond d'Alembert.