Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet
Biographic Data
| ID | 5652408 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lambert Adolphe Jacques |
| FAMILY NAME | Quetelet |
| SIGNATURE | QUETELET L A J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1864 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Treatise on Man and the Development of His Faculties
A Treatise on Man and the Development of his Faculties
The Belgian polymath Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796–1874) pioneered social statistics. Applying his training in mathematics to the physical and psychological dimensions of individuals, he identified the 'average man' as characterised by the mean values of measured variables that follow a normal distribution. He believed that comparing the features of individuals against this average would allow scientists to better explore the processes t…
A treatise on man and the development of his faculties (A facsimile reproduction of the English translation of 1842 with an introduction by Solomon Diamond)
Sciences mathématiques et physiques chez les Belges, au commencement du 19e siècle
Histoire des sciences mathématiques et physiques chez les Belges
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Histoire des sciences mathématiques et physiques chez les Belges
Sciences mathématiques et physiques chez les Belges, au commencement du 19e siècle
A treatise on man and the development of his faculties (A facsimile reproduction of the English translation of 1842 with an introduction by Solomon Diamond)
A Treatise on Man and the Development of his Faculties
The Belgian polymath Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796–1874) pioneered social statistics. Applying his training in mathematics to the physical and psychological dimensions of individuals, he identified the 'average man' as characterised by the mean values of measured variables that follow a normal distribution. He believed that comparing the features of individuals against this average would allow scientists to better explore the processes t…
Treatise on Man and the Development of His Faculties
Historical and Literary Studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (2 works) · Physics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Art history (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Chemistry (1 works) · Cognitive science (1 works)