The History of Actuarial Science Vol I
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 1995
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-1-138-64713-8 (ISBN)
Description
A book which covers the key period in the history of actuarial science from the mid-17th century to the early 19th century. There are reprints of the most important treatises, pamphlets, tables and writings which trace the development of the actuarial industry.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-64713-8 (9781138647138)
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Steven Haberman | Trevor A. Sibbett
The History of Actuarial Science Vol I
E-Book
10/2024
1st Edition
Routledge
€73.99
Available for download
Steven Haberman | Trevor A. Sibbett
The History of Actuarial Science Vol I
E-Book
10/2024
1st Edition
Routledge
€73.99
Available for download
Persons
Edited by Steven Haberman, Trevor A. Sibbett
Content
Vol. I: Preface The History of Actuarial Science 1.200 Domitius Ulpianus, Ulpian's Table 2. 1657 Company of Parish Clerks, London's Dreadful Visitation 3. 1662 John Graunt, Natural and Political Observations upon the Bills of Mortality 4. 1669 Christiaan and Ludwig Huygens, Extracts from Letters 5. 1671 Johan de Witt, Value of Life Annuities 6. 1693 Edmund Halley, An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind 7. 1709 Nicholas Bernoulli, De Usu Arlis Conjectandi in Jure 8. 1737 John Smart, A Letter to George Heathcote re Tables of Bills of Morality 9. 1740 Nicholas Struyck, Appendix to Introduction to General Geography 10. 1746 Antoine Deparcieux, Table XIII from Essay on=the Probabilities of the Duration of Human Life 11. 1761 Thomas Watkins, A Letter to William Brakenridge re the Tem1s and Period of Human Life