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Life from Comets and Pathogens from Space

      https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814436137_0011Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
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      Serendip is an ancient name for the island of Sri Lanka and was in use from the 4th Century AD. In the fairy-tale of Horace Walpole (1717–1797), Three Princes of Serendip, the heroes keep making delightful discoveries of things that they were not in quest of. This, according to the Oxford English Dictionary is the origin of the English word serendipity…