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

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

Robert K. Merton, Elinor Barber

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nonfiction philosophy science sociology
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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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