Elinor Barber: 1 book
The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity
A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
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...
