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Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century

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

Donnelly, Kevin

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

Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century

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

Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century: Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science 1796-1874

 

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.


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Beschrijving Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century: Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science 1796-1874

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.


ISBN
9780822945031
Pagina's
219
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Serie
Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
NUR
910
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Nederlands
Uitgever
Univ of Pittsburgh Pr