Erratum to Babbage among the insurers: Big 19th-century data and the public interest

Abstract

Wilson, D.C.S. (2019) ‘Babbage among the insurers: Big 19th-century data and the public interest’ History of the Human Sciences 31: 129–153. doi: 10.1177/0952695118818978

SAGE Publishing regrets that, in this article, published in the December 2018 issue of History of the Human Sciences, the following corrections are made:

On p 132, under heading ‘Introduction’, ‘The projectile power of the mind section explores’ will read as ‘The section entitled ‘The projectile power of the mind’ explores’

‘Charles Babbage, actuary section explores’ will read as ‘The section after, explores’

‘Section V examines’ will read as ‘The section entitled ‘Public data politics’

‘sections The actuary as archivist and The law of mortality,’ will read as ‘the final two sections’

On p 133, under heading ‘Babbage and Edmonds’, ‘(see §IV, below)’ should read as ‘(see p.137, below)’

The online version of this article has been corrected.