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Adolphe Quetelet - Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796-1874 (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,175

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Adolphe Quetelet - Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796-1874 (Paperback): Kevin Donnelly

Adolphe Quetelet - Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796-1874 (Paperback)

Kevin Donnelly

Series: Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century

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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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Imprint:	University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Release date:	June 2019
Authors:	Kevin Donnelly
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-8229-6608-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Promotions
LSN:	0-8229-6608-5
Barcode:	9780822966081