Adolphe Quetelet Social Physics and the Average Men of Science 1796 1874

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Adolphe Quetelet Social Physics and the Average Men of Science 1796 1874

Author	: Kevin Donnelly
File Size	: 55,9 Mb
Publisher	: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 15 June 2015
ISBN	: 9780822981633
Pages	: 256 pages

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Adolphe Quetelet Social Physics and the Average Men of Science 1796 1874 by Kevin Donnelly Book PDF Summary

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.

Adolphe Quetelet Social Physics and the Average Men of Science 1796 1874 by Kevin Donnelly

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Adolphe Quetelet Social Physics and the Average Men of Science 1796 1874 by Kevin Donnelly

Adolphe Quetelet was an influential scientist whose controversial work was condemned by John Stuart Mill and Charles Dickens. He was in contact with many Victorian elite, including Babbage, Herschel and Faraday. This is the first scholarly biography of Quetelet, exploring his contribution to quantitative reasoning and place in intellectual history.

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