Author: Frank Hamilton Hankins
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, Longmans, Green & Company, agents
ISBN:
Category : Consanguinity
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Adolphe Quetelet as Statistician
Author: Frank Hamilton Hankins
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, Longmans, Green & Company, agents
ISBN:
Category : Consanguinity
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, Longmans, Green & Company, agents
ISBN:
Category : Consanguinity
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796-1874
Author: Kevin Padraic Donnelly
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822981637
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822981637
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
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.
Adolphe Quetelet as Statistician
Author: Frank Hamilton Hankins
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019895573
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover the life and legacy of one of the foremost statisticians of the 19th century. From his groundbreaking work on mathematical statistics to his many contributions to the social sciences, this comprehensive biography offers a detailed glimpse into the mind of a true innovator. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019895573
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover the life and legacy of one of the foremost statisticians of the 19th century. From his groundbreaking work on mathematical statistics to his many contributions to the social sciences, this comprehensive biography offers a detailed glimpse into the mind of a true innovator. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
ADOLPHE QUETELET AS STATISTICI
Author: Frank Hamilton 1877 Hankins
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781360122328
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781360122328
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
A Treatise on Man and the Development of His Faculties
Author: Adolphe Quetelet
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Category : Demography
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Category : Demography
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Adolphe Quetelet at Statistician
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Adolphe Quetelet as Statistician (Classic Reprint)
Author: Frank Hamilton Hankins
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334434068
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Excerpt from Adolphe Quetelet as Statistician During these years of educational activity, an import ant series of events had taken place. Soon after his election to the Academy (1820) Quetelet began arousing interest in favor of an astronomical observatory. He made friends for the project on every hand, secured resolutions from the learned societies of Belgium and personally won the support of the minister of public in struction, M. Falck. Quetelet himself, having no ex perience with the methods and instruments of practical astronomy, was sent to Paris in December, 1823, at the expense of the state. He was kindly received at the Paris observatory by Arago and Bouvard, the latter of whom took special interest in instructing him in the knowledge of practical astronomy.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334434068
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Excerpt from Adolphe Quetelet as Statistician During these years of educational activity, an import ant series of events had taken place. Soon after his election to the Academy (1820) Quetelet began arousing interest in favor of an astronomical observatory. He made friends for the project on every hand, secured resolutions from the learned societies of Belgium and personally won the support of the minister of public in struction, M. Falck. Quetelet himself, having no ex perience with the methods and instruments of practical astronomy, was sent to Paris in December, 1823, at the expense of the state. He was kindly received at the Paris observatory by Arago and Bouvard, the latter of whom took special interest in instructing him in the knowledge of practical astronomy.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Adolphe Quetelet As Statistician
Author: Frank H. Hankins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780231901949
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780231901949
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Adolphe Quetelet's Research on the Propensity for Crime at Different Ages
Author: Adolphe Quetelet
Publisher:
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Adolphe Quetelet as Statistician
Author: Frank Hamilton Hankins
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, Longmans, Green & Company, agents
ISBN:
Category : Consanguinity
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, Longmans, Green & Company, agents
ISBN:
Category : Consanguinity
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description