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Joseph Bertrand

(11 Mar 1822 - 5 Apr 1900)

French mathematician and educator.

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Science Quotes by Joseph Bertrand (1)

How dare we speak of the laws of chance? Is not chance the antithesis of all law?

— Joseph Bertrand

At the beginning of Calcul des probabilités. Quoted in Henry Poincaré, 'Chance,' essay, in James Roy Newman, The World of Mathematics (2000), Vol. 2, 1380.

See also: | Chance (33) | Dare (2) | Law (134)

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