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Adolphe Quetelet, social physics and the average men of science, 1796-1874 / by Kevin Donnelly.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 27.Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 219 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781315653662
  • 1315653664
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 509 D685
  • 509 D685
LOC classification:
  • Q125 .D66 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Life in the war : the end of Enlightenment in Belgium, 1796-1823 -- 2. Casualties of war : Quetelet and friends in Ghent and Brussels, 1815-23 -- 3. Stoking the sacred fire : the administration of observation in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1822-30 -- 4. From Brussels to Europe : the creation of a scientific network, 1823-9 -- 5. Physique sociale, 1825-35 -- 6. The other average man : L'homme moyen and its critics.
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Originally published 2015 by Pickering & Chatto.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-214) and index.

1. Life in the war : the end of Enlightenment in Belgium, 1796-1823 -- 2. Casualties of war : Quetelet and friends in Ghent and Brussels, 1815-23 -- 3. Stoking the sacred fire : the administration of observation in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1822-30 -- 4. From Brussels to Europe : the creation of a scientific network, 1823-9 -- 5. Physique sociale, 1825-35 -- 6. The other average man : L'homme moyen and its critics.

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