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838988
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Bellhouse, David R.
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| Title & Author
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Leases for lives : : life contingent contracts and the emergence of actuarial science in eighteenth-century England /\ David R. Bellhouse, University of Western Ontario.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ;New York, NY :: Cambridge University Press,, 2017.
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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1107530393
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: 1108518060
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: 110852253X
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: 1108524028
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: 1316282228
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: 9781107530393
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: 9781108518062
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: 9781108522533
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: 9781108524025
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: 9781316282229
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1107111765
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9781107111769
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9781107530393
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Half-Title; Title Page; Imprints Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Mathematics and Property in the Seventeenth Century; 3 Edmond Halley's Life Table; 4 Halley's Impact or Lack of It; 5 De Moivre and His Early Influence; 6 Mathematicians as Consultants; 7 Mathematicians and Early Life Insurance Companies; 8 The Annuity Bubble of the 1760s and 1770s; 9 The Aftershocks of the Bubble, Their Impact on Life Annuities; 10 Developments in the Life Insurance Industry in the Later Eighteenth Century; 11 A Return to Roots; 12 Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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This work explains the underfunding of early insurance and annuity schemes, and proposes a new view of how actuarial science developed as a discipline.
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Halley, Edmond,1656-1742.
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Moivre, Abraham de,1667-1754.
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Halley, Edmond,1656-1742.
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Moivre, Abraham de,1667-1754.
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Mathematicians-- Great Britain, Biography.
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Mathematics-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.
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Probabilities-- History-- 18th century.
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Intellectual life.
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Mathematicians.
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MATHEMATICS-- Essays.
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MATHEMATICS-- Pre-Calculus.
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MATHEMATICS-- Reference.
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Mathematics.
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Probabilities.
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Great Britain, Intellectual life, 18th century.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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510.92
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| LC Classification
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QA29.M5237
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