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Randomness, chaos, uncertainty, and chance are all a part of our lives. They reside at the ill-defined boundaries between what we know, what we can know, and what is beyond our knowing. They make life interesting.

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Ivars Peterson (born 4 December 1948) is an award-winning mathematics writer.

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The theory of probability combines commonsense reasoning with calculation. It domesticates luck, making it subservient to reason.

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