“The two go hand in hand like a dance: chance flirts with necessity, randomness with determinism. To be sure, it is from this interchange that novelty and creativity arise in Nature, thereby yielding unique forms and novel structures.” TwoHandsFormChanceCreativityNovelUniqueStructureAriseFlirtingNoveltyHand In HandDeterminismRandomnessInterchange Book:Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos Source: Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos
“Not that chance dominated events in the early Solar System, for scientific determinism was also functioning. But chance is an essential factor in all evolutionary events, and the birth and development of our planetary system were not exceptions.” ChanceEventsDevelopmentBirthEssentialsFactorsExceptionChances AreSolar SystemDeterminism Book:Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos Source: Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos