The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity

A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science

Autori

• Robert King Merton
• Elinor G. Barber

Parametri

Pagine

350pagine

Tempo di lettura

13ore

• Filosofia
• Saggistica
• Scienza
• Scienze sociali
• Sociologia

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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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Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2004

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