Researching Serendipity in Digital Information Environments

by Elaine G. Toms and Lori McCay-Peet

Chance, luck, and good fortune are the usual go-to descriptors of serendipity, a phenomenon aptly often coupled with famous anecdotes of accidental discoveries in engineering and science in modern history such as penicillin, Teflon, and Post-it notes. Serendipity, however, is evident in many fields of research, in organizations, in everyday life--and there is more to it than luck implies. While the phenomenon is strongly associated with in person...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031011848
• ISBN13: 9783031011849
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 91 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.5" x 9.3"