Article ID: CBB000041711

Charles Babbage and the assurance of lives (1994)

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Description Discusses Babbage's role in the development of life insurance, and the significance of his book The assurance of lives (1826) in his intellectual development.


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Authors & Contributors
Woolf, Stuart J.
Vanpaemel, Geert H. W.
Seneta, E.
Schulten, Susan
Perrot, Jean-Claude
Patriarca, Silvana
Concepts
Applied statistics
Statistics
Mathematics
Social sciences
Science and law
Science and government
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
France
United States
Italy
Prussia (Germany)
British Isles
Belgium
Institutions
École Polytechnique, Paris
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