Out of the Swamp: Adolphe Quetelet
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Adolphe #Quetelet was a Belgian polymath who was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences. A doctor in mathematics, he conceived and founded the Brussels Observatory, developed the body mass index scale, founded or co-founded several national and international statistical societies and journals, and presided over the first series of the International Statistical Congresses. He appropriated the term “social physics” to describe his investigation of the “average man” – statistical laws underling complex social phenomena such as crime, marriage, and suicide.
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