{"product_id":"adolphe-quetelet-social-physics-and-the-average-men-of-science-1796-1874-paperback","title":"Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796-1874 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Padraic Donnelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdolphe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Padraic Donnelly \u003c\/b\u003eis an associate professor of history at Alvernia University. His scholarship has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal for the History of Science\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Science\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePUBLIC Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHistory of Meteorology\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has published several chapters in edited volumes on the role of statistics and science in shaping social thought. His previous book is a well-acclaimed history of the pioneering nineteenth-century statistician Adolphe Quetelet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 24, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53052434645216,"sku":"9780822966081","price":76.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/B58-rJPjvp9780822966081.webp?v=1781288634","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/adolphe-quetelet-social-physics-and-the-average-men-of-science-1796-1874-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}