Pierre Lecomte du Noüy Quote

The laws of chance have rendered, and will continue to render, immense services to science. It is inconceivable that we could do without them, but they only express an admirable, subjective interpretation of certain inorganic phenomena and of their evolution. They are not a true explanation of objective reality.


Human Destiny - Chapter 3 (p. 37), Longmans, Green & Company. 1947


The laws of chance have rendered, and will continue to render, immense services to science. It is inconceivable that we could do without them, but...

The laws of chance have rendered, and will continue to render, immense services to science. It is inconceivable that we could do without them, but...

The laws of chance have rendered, and will continue to render, immense services to science. It is inconceivable that we could do without them, but...

The laws of chance have rendered, and will continue to render, immense services to science. It is inconceivable that we could do without them, but...