books.google.com - Robert K. Merton is unarguably one of the most influential sociologists of his time. A figure whose wide-ranging theoretical and methodological contributions have become fundamental to the field, Merton is best known for introducing such concepts and procedures as unanticipated consequences, self-fulfilling...http://books.google.com/books/about/On_Social_Structure_and_Science.html?id=eprv7hMdO-IC&q=multiples&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareOn Social Structure and Science