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

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History
Cover of the book Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796-1874 by Kevin Donnelly, University of Pittsburgh Press
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Author: Kevin Donnelly ISBN: 9780822981633
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Publication: June 15, 2015
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press Language: English
Author: Kevin Donnelly
ISBN: 9780822981633
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication: June 15, 2015
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English

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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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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