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Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics And The Average Men Of Science, 1796-1874 (Sci & Culture In The Nineteenth Century)
University of Pittsburgh Press
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9780822966081
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University of Pittsburgh Press
Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics And The Average Men Of Science, 1796-1874 (Sci & Culture In The Nineteenth Century)
Adolphe Quetelet was an influential astronomer and statistician whose controversial work inspired heated debate in European and American intellectual circles. In creating a science designed to explain the ôaverage man,ö he helped contribute to the idea of normal, most enduringly in his creation of the Quetelet Index, which came to be known as the Body Mass Index. Kevin Donnelly presents the first scholarly biography of Quetelet, exploring his contribution to quantitative reasoning, his place in nineteenth-century intellectual history, and his profound influence on the modern idea of average.
- | Author: Kevin Donnelly
- | Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
- | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 232 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Science
- | ISBN-10: 0822966085
- | ISBN-13: 9780822966081
- Author:
- Kevin Donnelly
- Publisher:
- University Of Pittsburgh Press
- Publication Date:
- Nov 01, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 232 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Science
- ISBN-10:
- 0822966085
- ISBN-13:
- 9780822966081
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