Serendipity

Herausgeber: De Rond, Mark; Morley, Iain

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Produktbeschreibung

Insightful, entertaining accounts of the relationship between serendipity and knowledge by some of the most eminent thinkers of this generation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780521181815
• ISBN-10: 052118181X
• Artikelnr.: 29985130

Inhaltsangabe

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 Simon Singh
5. Serendipity in astronomy Andrew C. Fabian
6. Serendipity in physics Richard Friend
7. Liberalism and uncertainty Oliver Letwin
8. The unanticipated pleasures of the writing life Simon Winchester.