THE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF SERENDIPITY - A STUDY IN SOCIOLOGICAL SEMANTICS AND THE SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE

• Date de parution : 15/03/2006
• Editeur : Princeton University Press
• EAN : 9780691126302
• Série : (-)
• Support : Papier

• Nombre de pages : 352
• Collection : (-)
• Genre : Santé
• Thème : Santé
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

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 ubiquitous. This book traces the word's eventful history from its 1754... Voir plus

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 ubiquitous. This book traces the word's eventful history from its 1754 coinage into the twentieth century.