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The travels and adventures of serendipity : a study in sociological semantics and the sociology of science /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 what 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 ha. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxv, 313 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781400841523 1400841526 1283339919 9781283339919 9786613339911 6613339911 |