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The belgian polymath lambert adolphe jacques quetelet 17961874 pioneered social statistics. Adolphe quetelet, prominent in his own time and since for work on social science and statistics, was trained in mathematics and began his scientific career in astronomy. Edesapja hamben pikardia szuletett, es vallalkozokedvet mutatja, hogy atkelve a csatornan megszerezte a brit allampolgarsagot es. Quetelet was the son of francoisaugustinjacqueshenri quetelet and anne francoise vandervelde. Je po nem pojmenovan krater quetelet na odvracene strane mesice. We are experiencing delays with our pdf generator or select pages to download feature. Feb 18, 2020 adolphe quetelet, in full lambert adolphe jacques quetelet, born february 22, 1796, ghent, belgiumdied february 17, 1874, brussels, belgian mathematician, astronomer, statistician, and sociologist known for his application of statistics and probability theory to social phenomena. Lambert adolphe jacques quetelet 17961874, best known for his contributions to statistics, was born in the belgian city of ghent.
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