Serendipity
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title:
Serendipity
text:
Serendipity is an unplanned fortunate discovery. In 1754 Horace Walpole coined the word and described an amazing discovery as being “of that kind which I call Serendipity.” Robert L. Merton revealed 1946 his concept of the “serendipity pattern” in empirical research, of observing an unanticipated, anomalous, and strategic datum, which becomes the occasion for developing a new theory. Merton describes it later as „the discovery through chance by a theoretically prepared mind of valid findings whi
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Unplanned, fortunate discovery
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity
date created:
2001-05-10T16:18:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T07:58:15Z
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