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

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-8229-6608-1
Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Reihe: Science & Culture in the Nineteenth Century

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Donnelly, Kevin Padraic

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin Donnelly is assistant professor of history at Alvernia University in Reading, PA.