The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity: A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science

by Robert K. Merton, Elinor G. Barber, Elinor Barber

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691117543
• ISBN13: 9780691117546
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"