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Author: Amelia E. Eric-Markovic Publisher: Amelia Elizabeth Eric-Markovic ISBN: 1739048717 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 126
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"Stars of Serendipity" takes readers on an evocative journey, exploring the profound connections we forge throughout life's serendipitous encounters. Divided into three captivating sections – the "killers," the "kind," and the "contemplators" – this debut poetry collection captures the essence of human connections, whether transformative or tender. Amidst the ignition of emotions, each connection becomes a constellation, intertwining star moments into the zodiac of our existence. With an intimate voice, verses like "Sidus Salutations": "But I yearn to meet the same as stars, distant at first, glowing and bright with confidence in the right place, at the right time. A connection forms a constellation, a zodiac created from our time together. The most beautiful relationship is woven in the sky.". "Stars of Serendipity" invites readers to reflect on past encounters, cherish present relationships, and embrace the endless possibilities of future bonds while finding meaning within themselves through the tapestry of connections that shape their lives.
Author: Amelia E. Eric-Markovic Publisher: Amelia Elizabeth Eric-Markovic ISBN: 1739048717 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 126
Book Description
"Stars of Serendipity" takes readers on an evocative journey, exploring the profound connections we forge throughout life's serendipitous encounters. Divided into three captivating sections – the "killers," the "kind," and the "contemplators" – this debut poetry collection captures the essence of human connections, whether transformative or tender. Amidst the ignition of emotions, each connection becomes a constellation, intertwining star moments into the zodiac of our existence. With an intimate voice, verses like "Sidus Salutations": "But I yearn to meet the same as stars, distant at first, glowing and bright with confidence in the right place, at the right time. A connection forms a constellation, a zodiac created from our time together. The most beautiful relationship is woven in the sky.". "Stars of Serendipity" invites readers to reflect on past encounters, cherish present relationships, and embrace the endless possibilities of future bonds while finding meaning within themselves through the tapestry of connections that shape their lives.
Author: Royston M. Roberts Publisher: Wiley ISBN: 9780471602033 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 292
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Many of the things discovered by accident are important in our everyday lives: Teflon, Velcro, nylon, x-rays, penicillin, safety glass, sugar substitutes, and polyethylene and other plastics. And we owe a debt to accident for some of our deepest scientific knowledge, including Newton's theory of gravitation, the Big Bang theory of Creation, and the discovery of DNA. Even the Rosetta Stone, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the ruins of Pompeii came to light through chance. This book tells the fascinating stories of these and other discoveries and reveals how the inquisitive human mind turns accident into discovery. Written for the layman, yet scientifically accurate, this illuminating collection of anecdotes portrays invention and discovery as quintessentially human acts, due in part to curiosity, perserverance, and luck.
Author: Stephen Cosgrove Publisher: Price Stern Sloan ISBN: 9780843102512 Category : Children's stories, American Languages : en Pages : 0
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In the blue, silver, and gold land of Glimmering, the arrival of a new color makes the inhabitants fearful--but a brave winged horse named Shimmeree shows the others the beauty that differences can bring.
Author: J. S. Bernhardt Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781503190801 Category : Languages : en Pages : 258
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Signs & Serendipity A Love Series Novella Some signs are written in the stars. Some call it fate and others call it destiny, but love can be found in the most unexpected places and with the least likely person. Everyone saw him as a shy, nerdy, somewhat awkward guy - not much of a ladies' man. She was stereotyped as an intellectually challenged glamazon who depended on her looks to get through life. The first time he saw her he swore it was love; he couldn't explain it logically. When they met by chance, sparks flew. Having never exchanged names, they agreed to test the theory that it was a sign and not just serendipity. They planned to meet a year later with only her phone number as his link to reconnect. Sometimes fate has other ideas. Her number unexpectedly goes lost and he has no way to find her but they never forget each other - even as the years pass. In a world where science is the only truth and love is just a fantasy, two young people set out to prove it wrong.
Author: Robert K. Merton Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 1400841526 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 342
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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.
Author: James A. Estes Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520377494 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 294
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"Many of the findings in the book . . . are classics of ecology. . . . A rare and delightful insight into timely science."—Jane Lubchenco, Nature "Estes's refreshing narrative deftly weaves rigorous science with personal reflection to create an absorbing and introspective read that is equal parts memoir, ecological textbook, and motivational guidebook for young ecologists."—Science To newly minted biologist James Estes, the sea otters he was studying in the leafy kelp forests off the coast of Alaska appeared to have an unbalanced relationship with their greater environment. Gorging themselves on the sea urchins that grazed among the kelp, these small charismatic mammals seemed to give little back in return. But as Estes dug deeper, he unearthed a far more complex relationship between the otter and its underwater environment, discovering that otters play a critical role in driving positive ecosystem dynamics. While teasing out the connective threads, he began to question our assumptions about ecological relationships. These questions would ultimately inspire a lifelong quest to better understand the surprising complexity of our natural world and the unexpected ways we discover it. Serendipity tells the story of James Estes’s life as a naturalist and the concepts that have driven his interest in researching the ecological role of top-level predators. Using the relationships between sea otters, kelp, and sea urchins as a touchstone, Estes retraces his investigations of numerous other species, ecosystems, and ecological processes in an attempt to discover why ecologists can learn so many details about the systems in which they work and yet understand so little about the broader processes that influence these systems. Part memoir, part natural history, and deeply inquisitive, Serendipity will entertain and inform readers as it raises thoughtful questions about our relationship with the natural world.
Author: Suzanne Nelson Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0385392141 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 370
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From Nazi Germany to a modern-day orphanage in the American South, three girls separated by decades and thousands of miles are about to give up when a single pair of shoes binds them all together. Dalya is the daughter of a cobbler in 1930s Berlin, and though she is only fifteen, she knows she will follow in her father’s footsteps. When she is forced into a concentration camp one violent November night, she must leave behind everything she knew and loved. Ray is a modern-day orphan, jagged around the edges in every possible way. She sees an impulsive escape to New York as her only chance at happiness; there, she knows she’ll be able to convert her sorrows into songs. Pinny is an unwavering optimist and Ray’s unintended travel companion on her passage to a new life. She inherited from her eccentric mother a fascination with shoes as a means of transformation and expression. A single pair of shoes entwines these lives. How these women connect across different times and places is an unforgettable story of strength, love, bravery, memory, and the serendipity that binds us all together.
Author: Amelia E. Eric-Markovic
Author: Amelia E. Eric-Markovic
Author: Robert Shirley Richardson
Author: Royston M. Roberts
Author: Stephen Cosgrove
Author: Stephen Cosgrove
Author: Stephen Cosgrove
Author: J. S. Bernhardt
Author: Robert K. Merton
Author: James A. Estes
Author: Suzanne Nelson