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9780521181815: Serendipity: Fortune and the Prepared Mind
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ISBN 10 : 052118181X ISBN 13 : 9780521181815
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Since 1986 Darwin College, Cambridge has organised a series of annual public lectures built around a single theme approached in a multi-disciplinary way. These essays were developed from the 2008 lectures, which explored the idea of serendipity - the relationship between good fortune and the preparation of the mind to spot and exploit it. Serendipity 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 natural sciences. Written by some of the most eminent thinkers of this generation, Serendipity explores a variety of subjects, including disease, politics, scientific invention and the art of writing. This collection will fascinate and inspire a wide range of readers, highlighting the multifaceted nature of the popular, but elusive, concept of serendipity.

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À propos des auteurs

Iain Morley is a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, where he is Tutor in Archaeology and Anthropology, and a Lecturer for the Institute of Human Sciences. A scholar of archaeology and the evolution of human cognition, he has undertaken archaeological fieldwork around the world, and has published on the origins of music, early ritual and religion.

Mark de Rond is a Reader at the Judge Business School and a Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge, with a particular interest in causation, explanation and imaginations of human importance in organisational life. His published work has received several prestigious awards, including the George R. Terry Book Award and inclusion in the Best of Books 2008 (Financial Times).

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
052118181X
ISBN 13 
9780521181815
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
164
Éditeur
De Rond Mark
Coordonnées du fabricant
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