Serendipity : fortune and the prepared mind / edited by Mark de Rond and Iain Morley.
Serendipity : fortune and the prepared mind / edited by Mark de Rond and Iain Morley.
Serendipity : fortune and the prepared mind / edited by Mark de Rond and Iain Morley.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N001.2/34
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English
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xi, 152 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Introduction. Fortune and the prepared mind Iain Morley and Mark de Rond; 1. The stratigraphy of serendipity Susan E. Alcock; 2. Understanding humans - serendipity and anthropology Richard Leakey; 3. HIV and the naked ape Robin Weiss; 4. Cosmological serendipity Simo...
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Publisher
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2010.
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"Serendipity - the relationship between good fortune and the prepared mind - is an appealing concept, and one which has been surprisingly influential in a great number of areas of human discovery. The essays collected in this volume provide insightful and entertaining accounts of the relationship between serendipity and knowledge in the human and n...
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Serendipity : fortune and the prepared mind / edited by Mark de Rond and Iain Morley.
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Darwin college lectures.
Includes index.
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N001.2/34
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74VKMByPAmZM
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9780521181815 (pbk.)
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001.2
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991021369479702626
