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The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity
A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science
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"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."--Jacket.
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The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity, Robert King Merton, Elinor G. Barber
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity
- Subtitle
- A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert King Merton, Elinor G. Barber
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 350
- ISBN10
- 0691117543
- ISBN13
- 9780691117546
- Series
- Rating
- 3.2 out of 5
- Description
- "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."--Jacket.