Author: William Thomas LowndesPublisher:
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Category : British Isles
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature
Author: William Thomas LowndesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Isles
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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University of Cincinnati Studies
Author: Bibliography of Source Material in European History Since Classical Times
Author: Elliott SmithPublisher:
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Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
University Studies
Author: Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
Author: John Rylands LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Inquiry Into the Law and Practice in Scottish Peerages
Author: John RiddellPublisher:
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Category : Nobility
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity
Author: Robert K. MertonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691126305
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
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 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.
Memoirs of Eminent Etonians
Author: Edward Shepherd CreasyPublisher:
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Category : Eton college
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Notes and Queries
Author: Catalogue of the Library of William Bleakley. Comprising a Selection of Fine Art and Illustrated Works
Author: William BleakleyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385549914
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.