...Collins of Cambridge University. The discovery of pulsars is [18]: the best example of 'serendipity' defined as the faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident.* The most intriguing feature of pulsars is that they emit short pulses of energy at exceedingly well...

...redesign of the project. Frank Pieke (2000) goes further when he suggests that we integrate serendipity - defined as the faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident - into the design of projects. According to Pieke, unexpected discoveries are less random than the...