A Treatise on Man and the Development of His Faculties |
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| Author:
| Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques |
| Translator:
| Knox, R. |
| Editor:
| Smibert, T. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-06442-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $31.99 |
Book Description:
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The Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874) pioneered social statistics, characterising the 'average man' by the mean values of measured variables. Published in English in 1842, this is his most influential work, setting out his 'analysis of normal man through his actions and of intellectual man through his productions'.
The Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874) pioneered social statistics, characterising the 'average man' by the mean values of measured variables. Published in English in 1842, this is his most influential work, setting out his 'analysis of normal man through his actions and of intellectual man through his productions'.