Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science 1796-1874
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
ISBN-10
0822966085
ISBN-13
9780822966081
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Imprint
University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 24th, 2019
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
314 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 23.00 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
History of science
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Adolphe Quetelet was an influential astronomer and statistician whose controversial work inspired heated debate in European and American intellectual circles.
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 ?average man,? 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.
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