Bernoulli is published jointly by the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability and the International Statistical Institute (ISI). The journal provides a comprehensive account of ...

Sadly, he drowned soon after, short of his 30th birthday. The earlier Bernoullis, though, were even more eminent. Daniel’s cousin Nicolaus I had a deep interest in probability.

Moreover, gamma distributions (integer shape parameters) are limits of negative binomial distributions, and the normal distribution is a limit of negative binomial, Poisson, and gamma distributions.