G. Spencer-Brown Quote

The concept of randomness arises partly from games of chance. The word "chance" derives from the Latin cadentia signifying the fall of a die. The word "random" itself comes from the French randir meaning to run fast or gallop.


Probability and Scientific Inference, Chapter VII (p. 35), Longmans, Green & Company. 1957


The concept of randomness arises partly from games of chance. The word chance derives from the Latin cadentia signifying the fall of a die. The word...

The concept of randomness arises partly from games of chance. The word chance derives from the Latin cadentia signifying the fall of a die. The word...

The concept of randomness arises partly from games of chance. The word chance derives from the Latin cadentia signifying the fall of a die. The word...

The concept of randomness arises partly from games of chance. The word chance derives from the Latin cadentia signifying the fall of a die. The word...