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

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Adolphe Quetelet was an influential scientist whose controversial work was condemned by John Stuart Mill and Charles Dickens. He was in contact with many Victorian elite, including Babbage, Herschel and Faraday. This is the first scholarly biography of Quetelet, exploring his contribution to quantitative reasoning and place in intellectual history.

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Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796-1874 2019, University of Pittsburgh Press, PIttsburgh

ISBN-13: 9780822966081

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Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796-1874 2015, University of Pittsburgh Press, PIttsburgh

ISBN-13: 9780822945031

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Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796-1874 2015, Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781848935686

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