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<p><b><i>The Doctrine of Chances</i></b> was the first <a href="page.php?w=textbook">textbook</a> on <a href="page.php?w=probability_theory">probability theory</a>, written by 18th-century French <a href="page.php?w=mathematician">mathematician</a> <a href="page.php?w=Abraham_de_Moivre">Abraham de Moivre</a> 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 <a href="page.php?w=Huguenots">Huguenots</a>. The book's title came to be synonymous with probability</p><p>
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