Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 28
Page 7
... influence of Garnier - Called to the Athenaeum at Brussels- Contributions to mathematics - Educational activity at Brussels ; his elementary treatises and characteristics as a teacher - Found- ing of the Brussels Observatory ; sojourn ...
... influence of Garnier - Called to the Athenaeum at Brussels- Contributions to mathematics - Educational activity at Brussels ; his elementary treatises and characteristics as a teacher - Found- ing of the Brussels Observatory ; sojourn ...
Page 12
... influence brought to bear upon him was that of Jean Guillaume Garnier , ' professor of astronomy and higher mathematics . This expert mathematician and refined scholar was called from Paris to the University of Ghent by the King of the ...
... influence brought to bear upon him was that of Jean Guillaume Garnier , ' professor of astronomy and higher mathematics . This expert mathematician and refined scholar was called from Paris to the University of Ghent by the King of the ...
Page 15
... influence of Jean - Baptiste Fourier , we find in a note , vol . ii , p . 177 , one of Quetelet's frequent ... influenced his thought . See p . 20 , infra . His first course of instruction in probabilities was given in the scholastic ...
... influence of Jean - Baptiste Fourier , we find in a note , vol . ii , p . 177 , one of Quetelet's frequent ... influenced his thought . See p . 20 , infra . His first course of instruction in probabilities was given in the scholastic ...
Page 17
... influence . About the same time he published his Posi- tions de physique ou résumé d'un cours de physique géné- rale , 3 which was translated into English by Robert Wal- lace . The translator says in his preface , " No other work in the ...
... influence . About the same time he published his Posi- tions de physique ou résumé d'un cours de physique géné- rale , 3 which was translated into English by Robert Wal- lace . The translator says in his preface , " No other work in the ...
Page 20
... influence on the direction and character of his thought was that exerted by the immortal Laplace . Under this great mathematician , Quetelet received instruction in the theory of probabilities . This course must have ex- erted a ...
... influence on the direction and character of his thought was that exerted by the immortal Laplace . Under this great mathematician , Quetelet received instruction in the theory of probabilities . This course must have ex- erted a ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
¹ Letters ³ Ibid Academy accidental causes Achenwall ADOLPHE QUETELET American astronomy average height Belgique Belgium biological type births black balls Brussels Bulletins chap Columbia University column combinations constant causes courses curve différens âges distribution of chances Economic effects English equal Essai G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Ghent given gives History individual influence ISIDOR LOEB l'acad l'appréciation l'homme large numbers law of error LL.D loi de croissance London Mailly marriages mean measurements mém memoir ment method moral statistics nation nature Nouv number of chances observations Observatory Paris penchant au crime Ph.D physical Physique Political Science population possible presented Price principles probability of drawing probable error Professor ranks ratio represented scale scientific social conditions social phenomena society Sociology statistical regularities Statistik statistique morale supra Système social Table tion variable variations vary VOLUME W. J. ASHLEY Wolowski