Klaas LandsmanEllen van Wolde2025-12-042025-12-042016978-3-319-26300-7https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26300-7https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-319-26300-7http://bibliovirtual.umar.mx:4000/handle/123456789/1359Libro electrónico.This book presents a multidisciplinary perspective on chance, with contributions from distinguished researchers in the areas of biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, genetics, general history, law, linguistics, logic, mathematical physics, statistics, theology and philosophy. The individual chapters are bound together by a general introduction followed by an opening chapter that surveys 2500 years of linguistic, philosophical, and scientific reflections on chance, coincidence, fortune, randomness, luck and related concepts.en-USBook