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072		7	_aSOC026000 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a501
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aMerton, Robert K. _eautore
245	1	4	_aThe Travels and Adventures of Serendipity : _bA Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science / _cElinor Barber, Robert K. Merton.
250			_aCourse Book
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2011]
264		4	_c©2004
300			_a1 online resource (352 p.) : _b1 halftone. 2 tables.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tPreface -- _tPublisher's Note -- _tIntroduction -- _tChapter 1. The Origins of Serendipity -- _tChapter 2. Early Diffusion of Serendipity -- _tChapter 3. Accidental Discovery in Science: Victorian Opinion -- _tChapter 4. Stock Responses to Serendipity -- _tChapter 5. The Qualities of Serendipity -- _tChapter 6. Dictionaries and "Serendipity" -- _tChapter 7. The Social History of Serendipity -- _tChapter 8. Moral Implications of Serendipity -- _tChapter 9. The Diverse Significance of Serendipity in Science -- _tChapter 10. Serendipity as Ideology and Politics of Science -- _tA Note on Serendipity as a Political Metaphor -- _tA Note on Serendipity in the Humanities -- _tAfterword: Autobiographical Reflections on The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity -- _tSelect References -- _tName Index -- _tGeneral Index
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aFrom 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 1754 coinage into the twentieth century--chronicling along the way much of what we now call the natural and social sciences. 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. The story of serendipity is fascinating; that of The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity, equally so. Written in the 1950s by already-eminent sociologist Robert Merton and Elinor Barber, the book--though occasionally and most tantalizingly cited--was intentionally never published. This is all the more curious because it so remarkably anticipated subsequent battles over research and funding--many of which centered on the role of serendipity in science. Finally, shortly after his ninety-first birthday, following Barber's death and preceding his own by but a little, Merton agreed to expand and publish this major work. Beautifully written, the book is permeated by the prodigious intellectual curiosity and generosity that characterized Merton's influential On the Shoulders of Giants. Absolutely entertaining as the history of a word, the book is also tremendously important to all who value the miracle of intellectual discovery. It represents Merton's lifelong protest against that rhetoric of science that defines discovery as anything other than a messy blend of inspiration, perspiration, error, and happy chance--anything other than serendipity.
530			_aIssued also in print.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)
650		0	_aScience _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aSerendipity in science.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. _2bisacsh
700	1		_aBarber, Elinor _eautore
700	1		_aDougherty, Peter J. _eautore
700	1		_aMerton, Robert K. _eautore
700	1		_aShulman, James L. _eautore
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400841523
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