Popular Instructions on the Calculation of Probabilities To Which Are Appended Notes by Richard Beamish |
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| Author:
| Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques |
| Edited and Translated by:
| Beamish, Richard |
| Series title: | Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-06443-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.99 |
Book Description:
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Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874) pioneered social statistics, characterising the 'average man' by the mean values of measured variables. Reissued here is the 1839 English translation of his 1828 work that appeared when the application of probability was moving away from gaming tables towards more useful areas of life.
Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874) pioneered social statistics, characterising the 'average man' by the mean values of measured variables. Reissued here is the 1839 English translation of his 1828 work that appeared when the application of probability was moving away from gaming tables towards more useful areas of life.