Has there been a fundamental book/journal that has shaped actuarial science?

Question

we have the greats of shakespear in english and principa by newton for maths... is there an equivalent piece for actuarial science??

Answer 1

You might find this site helpful as it focuses on the history of your topic and list dozens of early articles.

http://www1.fee.uva.nl/ke/act/history.ht...

Answer 2

Gregor Mendel (1865) - Versuche über Pflanzen-Hybriden (Experiments in Plant Hybridization) - considered to be the father of genetics

Isaac Newton (1687) - Principa Book II - the theory of fluids: solves problems of fluids in movement and of motion through fluids. From the density of air he calculated the speed of sound waves.

Isaac Newton (1704) - Opticks (actually finished by about 1692 but not published until 1704) - the spectrum; measuring very thin films by looking at the colour interference they exibit.

Albert Einstein (1922) - The Meaning of Relativity

Linus Pauling (1939) - Nature of the chemical bond and the structure of molecules and crystals; an introduction to modern structural chemistry