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We've cut together our 3-part series on the etymology of "Average" from 2017 into one full-length episode. This takes us from the history of maritime insuran...

We've cut together our 3-part series on the etymology of "Average" from 2017 into one full-length episode. This takes us from the history of maritime insurance and its connection to Islamic science to the origins of coffee, from the development of the mathematics of probability, early astronomy, to the first property insurance, and from the development of statistics to the first life insurance, and Beowulf! Thank you to our newest Patreon supporter, Alyson S.! Please check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheEndlessKnot Endless Knot merchandise can be found in our store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/EndlessKnot/ Show notes & credits: http://www.alliterative.net/average Transcript: http://www.alliterative.net/average-transcript Website: http://www.alliterative.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/alliterative Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alliterativeendlessknot Tumbler: http://alliterative-endlessknot.tumblr.com/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/alliterative Podcast: http://www.alliterative.net/podcast or https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/endless-knot-podcast-endless/id1016322923?mt=2 Click here to sign up for our video email list, to be notified when new videos are posted: http://eepurl.com/6YuJv Click here to sign up for our podcast email list, to be notified when new podcast episodes go up: http://eepurl.com/btmBZT Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:39 Early astronomy & Ptolemy 00:02:23 Etymology of 'average' 00:03:35 Early roots of maritime insurance 00:05:14 Etymology and origins of coffee 00:06:07 Coffeehouses 00:06:40 Origin of Lloyd's of London 00:08:15 Etymologies of 'likely', 'chance', 'probability' 00:09:05 Origins of probability mathematics 00:10:31 The problem of points 00:12:12 Etymologies of 'gamble', 'luck', 'speed' 00:14:17 Solution to the problem of points 00:16:24 Early astronomy and mathematics 00:18:19 Development of property insurance 00:20:37 Early forms of life insurance and statistics 00:22:05 Etymology of 'statistics' 00:23:06 Development of statistics and demography 00:27:12 First life insurance company 00:30:22 First stock exchanges 00:32:10 Etymologies of 'bull' and 'bear' 00:33:15 Beowulf & Beowulf clusters