The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity : : A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science / / Elinor Barber, Robert K. Merton.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Publisher's Note
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Origins of Serendipity
- Chapter 2. Early Diffusion of Serendipity
- Chapter 3. Accidental Discovery in Science: Victorian Opinion
- Chapter 4. Stock Responses to Serendipity
- Chapter 5. The Qualities of Serendipity
- Chapter 6. Dictionaries and "Serendipity"
- Chapter 7. The Social History of Serendipity
- Chapter 8. Moral Implications of Serendipity
- Chapter 9. The Diverse Significance of Serendipity in Science
- Chapter 10. Serendipity as Ideology and Politics of Science
- A Note on Serendipity as a Political Metaphor
- A Note on Serendipity in the Humanities
- Afterword: Autobiographical Reflections on The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity
- Select References
- Name Index
- General Index