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

by Kevin Donnelly

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822966085
• ISBN13: 9780822966081
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"