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Chance

Apparent lack of pattern or predictability in events

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  • A drunken Bacchus cavorts atop the globe, accompanied by Fortune; to his right physicians and quacks fight for legitimacy; to his left the scales held by a blindfold Justice are tipped by a lawyer's money: an allegory of the world of justice and health overturned into one of chance and greed. Coloured etching by Daniël Veelwaard I after J. Smies, 1809.
  • The castle of knowledge, flanked by the spheres of destiny and fortune. Woodcut, 1556.
  • The philosopher and poet Lucretius pointing up at the revolving globe of Chance in the sky. Engraving by M. Burghers, ca. 1682, after T. Creech.

Works from the collections

12 works

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    Science, chance, and providence : the Riddell memorial lectures, forty-sixth series delivered at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne on 15, 16, and 17 March 1977 / by Donald M. MacKay.

    MacKay, Donald MacCrimmon, 1922-1987. | Date: 1978
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    The origin of the idea of chance in children / Jean Piaget and Bärbel Inhelder ; translated by Lowell Leake, Paul Burrell, and Harold D. Fishbein.

    Piaget, Jean, 1896-1980. | Date: 1975
    • Books

    Chance, skill, and luck : the psychology of guessing and gambling / John Cohen.

    Cohen, John, 1911- | Date: [1960], ©1960
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    Chance, cause, reason : an inquiry into the nature of scientific evidence / Arthur W. Burks.

    Burks, Arthur W. (Arthur Walter), 1915-2008. | Date: [1977]
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    A drunken Bacchus cavorts atop the globe, accompanied by Fortune; to his right physicians and quacks fight for legitimacy; to his left the scales held by a blindfold Justice are tipped by a lawyer's money: an allegory of the world of justice and health overturned into one of chance and greed. Coloured etching by Daniël Veelwaard I after J. Smies, 1809.

    Smies, Jacob, 1764-1833. | Date: 1809 | Reference: 17675i

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