A treatise on man and the development of his faculties

書誌事項

A treatise on man and the development of his faculties

Adolphe Quetelet ; translated by R. Knox ; edited by T. Smibert

(Cambridge library collection, . Philosophy)

Cambridge University Press, 2013

  • : pbk

タイトル別名

Sur l'homme, et le développement de ses facultés

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注記

Reprint. Originally published: Ediburgh : William and Robert Chambers, 1842

Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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 that determine normal and abnormal qualities. Quetelet's methods influenced many, among them Florence Nightingale, and his simple measure for classifying a person's weight, dividing it by the square of their height, is widely known as the body mass index. First published in French in 1835 and reissued here in the 1842 English translation, this is his most influential work and includes a new preface that succinctly states his aim to be 'the analysis of normal man through his actions and of intellectual man through his productions'.

目次

  • Preface to the present edition
  • Introductory
  • 1. Development of the physical qualities of man
  • 2. Development of stature, weight, strength, etc.
  • 3. Development of the moral and intellectual qualities of man
  • 4. Of the properties of the average man, of the social system, and of the final advancement of this study
  • Author's appendix
  • Translator's appendix.

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詳細情報
  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB15873617
  • ISBN
    • 9781108064422
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 原本言語コード
    fre
  • 出版地
    Cambridge
  • ページ数/冊数
    x, 126 p., [7] p. of plates
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
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