Am I normal? : the 200-year search for normal people (and why they don't exist) /

Before the 19th century, the term 'normal' was rarely ever associated with human behaviour. Normal was a term used in maths, for right angles. People weren't normal; triangles were. But from the 1830s, this branch of science really took off across Europe and North America, with a prol...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Chaney, Sarah (Author)
Corporate Author:	Wellcome Collection
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Profile Books Ltd, [2023].
Subjects:	Social norms. Norm (Philosophy) Difference (Psychology) Individuality. Demography > History. Population > History.