- 376 pages
- English
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The History of Actuarial Science Vol II
About this book
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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Yes, you can access The History of Actuarial Science Vol II by Steven Haberman,Trevor A. Sibbett in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Business & Economic History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- 1. 1760 Leonhard Euler, A General Investigation into the Mortality and Multiplication of Human Species
- 2. 1766 Pehr Wargentin, Mortality in Sweden
- 3. 1783 Richard Price, Observations on Reversionary Payments
- 4. 1793 Edward Wigglesworth, A Table shewing the Expectation of Life in the States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire
- 5. 1815 Joshua Milne, A Treatise on the Valuation of Annuities and Assurances
- 6. 1825 Benjamin Gompertz, On the Nature of the Function expressive ofthe Law of Human Mortality
- 7. 1826 Thomas Young, A Formula for expressing the Decrement of Human Life
- 8. 1829 John Finlaison, A Report on Life Annuities
- 9. 1832 Thomas Rowe Edmonds, Life Tables founded upon the Discovery ofa Numerical Law
- 10. 1833 Francis Corbaux, On the Natural and Mathematical Laws concerning Population, Vitality, and Mortality
- 11. 1838 Augustus de Morgan, An Essay on Probabilities
- 12. 1859 William Makeham, On the Law of Mortality and the Construction of Annuity Tables
- 13. 1870 Ludvig Oppermann, On the Graduation of Life Tables
- 14. 1875 Wilhelm Lexis, Diagram from Introduction to the Theory ofPopulation Statistics
- 15. 1877 Wilhelm Lexis, On the Theory of Mass Distribution in Human Society