| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 219 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 27
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Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 27.
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| Note |
Originally published 2015 by Pickering & Chatto. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-214) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874.
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Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874. |
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Science -- History -- 19th century.
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Science. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Intellectual life -- History -- 19th century.
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
9781848935686 |
| ISBN |
9781315653662 (e-book ; PDF) |
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1315653664 |
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