The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity: A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science by Elinor Barber, Robert K. Merton

The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity: A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science

Elinor Barber, Robert K. Merton

352 pages paperback

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From the names of cruise lines and bookstores to an Australian ranch and a nudist camp outside of Atlanta, the word serendipity--that happy blend of wisdom and luck by which something is discovered not quite by accident--is today ubiquitous. This ...

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