Popular Instructions on the Calculation of Probabilities by L... - 9781108064439

Popular Instructions on the Calculation of ProbabilitiesTo Which Are Appended Notes by Richard Beamish\nAuthor(s): Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Richard Beamish\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108064439, 978-1108064439\nSynopsis\nThe Belgian polymath Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet [tel] was regarded by John Maynard Keynes as a 'parent of modern statistical method'. Applying his training in mathematics to the physical and psychological dimensions of individuals, his Treatise on Man (also reissued in this series) identified the 'average man' in statistical terms. Reissued here is the 1839 English translation of his 1828 work, which appeared at a time when the application of probability was moving away from gaming tables towards more useful areas of life. Quetelet believed that probability had more influence on human affairs than had been accepted, and this work marked his move from a focu.