Chance Gallery

Chance in the universe

Chance in the universe. Computer illustration representing the chance, randomness and probability inherent in the universe according to the theory of quantum mechanics. Dice are seen spiralling towards a black hole, their numbers producing a random sequence. This randomness and probability in quantum physics (subatomic physics) was described by Werner Heisenberg in his Uncertainty Principle, and by Erwin Schrodinger. Einstein did not believe in a random universe and consequently said "God does not play dice with the universe"

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To have any chance I must be on the top of an immense crag some two thousand feet above my head (colour litho)

2813040 To have any chance I must be on the top of an immense crag some two thousand feet above my head (colour litho) by Noble, John Edwin (1876-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: To have any chance I must be on the top of an immense crag some two thousand feet above my head. Illustration for Camp-Fire Tales, a book of stirring episodes from the works of mighty hunters, illustrated by Edwin Noble (Thomas Nelson, c 1930).); © Look and Learn

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Un Tirage d'Obligations a Lots au Credit Foncier de France (colour litho)

2782319 Un Tirage d'Obligations a Lots au Credit Foncier de France (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The wheel of fortune. Prize bond draw at the Credit Foncier de France. La Roue De La Fortune, Un Tirage d'Obligations a Lots au Credit Foncier de France. Illustration for Le Petit Parisien (Supplement Litteraire Illustre), 5 October 1902.); © Look and Learn

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