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Ivars Peterson on Luck

born 1948 Canada

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Most coincidences are simply chance events that turn out to be far more probable than many people imagine.

The Jungles of Randomness: A Mathematical Safari (1997)

The aim of science is to reduce the scope of chance.

The Jungles of Randomness: A Mathematical Safari (1997)

The theory of probability combines commonsense reasoning with calculation. It domesticates luck, making it subservient to reason.

The Jungles of Randomness: A Mathematical Safari (1997)

Randomness, chaos, uncertainty, and chance are all a part of our lives. They reside at the ill-defined boundaries between what we know, what we can know, and what is beyond our knowing. They make life interesting.

The Jungles of Randomness: A Mathematical Safari (1997)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ivars Peterson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.