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Serendipity

Serendipity is an unplanned fortunate discovery. The term was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754, after he read a Persian fairy tale called The Three Princes of Serendip, whose heroes constantly made lucky discoveries.

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Etymology

Applications

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Serendipity

Top relations

related to Etymology · 27
Serendipity → Arab, Bianca Cappello, Cappello, Ceylon, Dwelling-Place-of-Lions Island, Horace Mann, Horace Walpole, In, Indians, Isle, It, January, Mann, Persian, Sanskrit, Sanskrit Siṃhaladvīpaḥ, Sarandib, Serendip, Sinhalas, Sinhalese
related to Further reading · 27
Serendipity → Accidental Discoveries, Adventures, Barber, Contemporary, Elinor, Hannan, Isabelle Rivoal, ISBN, Luck, Manuscript, Merton, Noel, Patrick, Princeton University Press, Research, Robert, Roberts, Royston, Salazar, Science
related to External links · 11
Serendipity → ACM Paper, Are Scientific Discoveries Merely, BBC Radio, Creating, Delft University, Lucky Shots, Samantha Copeland, Science, Simon SinghVideo, Technology, The Serendipity EquationsSerendipity
related to Discoveries · 9
Serendipity → Computer, Flickr, Flickr's, Instead, Jaime Teevan, Malaysia, Semachrysa, Shaun Winterton, Winterton's
related to Inventions · 7
Serendipity → American Food, Andrew, Drink, Other, Smith, The, The Oxford Companion
related to Online activity · 5
Serendipity → Cass Sunstein, Harvard Law, Like, The, You
related to Related terms · 5
Serendipity → Nova Zembla, Russian, Several, The, William Boyd
related to Definition · 3
Serendipity → Christian Busch, This, While
see also · 2
Serendipity → BrowseCoincidenceFelix, SapphireSide
is a · 1
Serendipity → unplanned fortunate discovery

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discoveries new chance discovery serendip serendipitous inventions first discovered princes scientific upon unexpected name accidentally came information term horace walpole

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Serendipityis aunplanned fortunate discovery0.90text
creativityinstance ofThis interaction between chance and conscious action has been a key theme in areas0.80text
leadershipinstance ofThis interaction between chance and conscious action has been a key theme in areas0.80text
innovationinstance ofThis interaction between chance and conscious action has been a key theme in areas0.80text
and entrepreneurshipinstance ofThis interaction between chance and conscious action has been a key theme in areas0.80text
Serendipityrelated to DefinitionChristian Busch0.60section
Serendipityrelated to DefinitionWhile0.60section
Serendipityrelated to DefinitionThis0.60section
Serendipityrelated to DiscoveriesShaun Winterton0.60section
Serendipityrelated to DiscoveriesSemachrysa0.60section
Serendipityrelated to DiscoveriesMalaysia0.60section
Serendipityrelated to DiscoveriesFlickr0.60section

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    Serendipity

    Nodes73
    Edges72
    Triples101
    Avg. degree1.97
    Density0.027397
    Components1
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