The travels and adventures of serendipity
a study in sociological semantics and the sociology of science
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Author
Contributions
- Barber, Elinor G. - Contributor
Publication
2004 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
78,250 words, Guess
Page Count
313 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL15556631M
- ISBN-100691117543
- OCLC Control Number52455503
- OCLC Control Number488496841
- OCLC Control Numberisbn_9780691117546
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2003056327
- LibraryThing314381
- Goodreads931993
Classifications
- LCCQ172.5.S47 M47 2004
Description
"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 book traces the word's eventful history from its 1754 coinage into the twentieth century - chronicling along the way much of wheat we now call the natural and social sciences." "The book charts where the term went, with whom it resided, and how it fared. We cross oceans and academic specialties and meet those people, both famous and now obscure, who have used and abused serendipity. We encounter a linguistic sage, walk down the illustrious halls of the Harvard Medical School, attend the (serendipitous) birth of penicillin, and meet someone who "manages serendipity" for the U.S. Navy."--BOOK JACKET.
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