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Chance

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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.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    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
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    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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