The Belgian polymath Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796-1874)
was regarded by John Maynard Keynes as a 'parent of modern
statistical method'. Applying his training in mathematics to the
physical and psychological dimensions of individuals, his Treatise
on Man (also reissued in this series) identified the 'average man'
in statistical terms. Reissued here is the 1839 English translation
of his 1828 work, which appeared at a time when the application of
probability was moving away from gaming tables towards more useful
areas of life. Quetelet believed that probability had more
influence on human affairs than had been accepted, and this work
marked his move from a focus on mathematics and the natural
sciences to the study of statistics and, eventually, the
investigation of social phenomena. Written as a summary of lectures
given in Brussels, the work was translated from French by the
engineer Richard Beamish (1798-1873).
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