THE SUNSHINE OF SERENDIPITY: Illuminating Scholarship of Genre (a New Canon) and Generosity (Yes You Can)
Serendipity is the scholar’s generous ally. Serendipity can provide a shower of gifts to researchers at any age and any stage, sometimes in a steady stream, at other times in drips and drops, yet to the alert mind the possibilities never dry up. Even better, serendipity is indeed the gift that keeps...
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Zusammenfassung: | Serendipity is the scholar’s generous ally. Serendipity can provide a shower of gifts to researchers at any age and any stage, sometimes in a steady stream, at other times in drips and drops, yet to the alert mind the possibilities never dry up. Even better, serendipity is indeed the gift that keeps on giving. Researchers can create a serendipitous climate for their colleagues and students without diminishing their own supply; in fact, the opportunities for serendipitous discoveries may even increase during the process. This chapter will demonstrate the many roles that serendipity, that powerful yet unacknowledged member of a researcher’s |
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DOI: | 10.7330/9781607327394-017 |