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 ev…
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 ev…
2. What drives serendipity research? -- 2.1 Physical vs. digital -- 2.2 Information overload -- 2.3 Filter bubbles -- 2.4 User experience -- 2.5 User strategies -- 2.6 Understanding the phenomenon -- 2.7 Summary. 3. Approaches to serendipity -- 3.1 Serendipity as a process or e…
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 ev…