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November 11, 2014 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
$15Join us on an uncharted journey driven by the whims and amusements of fate, exploring chance encounters with profound ramifications, scientific discoveries stumbled across by chance, unlikely coincidences that changed the world, and stories with surprise endings that only serendipity could provide.
Featuring:
Frederic Lightning Leist ~ Serendipity: How a Misapprehension Lost Half Its Meaning
Andrey Tselikov ~ The Three Princes of Serendip: The Strayed Tale and the Clever Deductions
Isolde Honore ~ Zemblanity: The History of a Calamitous Antonym
Michael Sollazzo ~ The Nag Hammadi Library: Thank God for Blood Feuds
AJ Anderson ~ Lost, Lucky & Dark Places: An Archeological Coincidence
Ben Davis ~ Origin Story
Advance tickets recommended and appreciated
Odd Salon is an evening series of cocktail hour lectures in San Francisco, featuring short talks illuminating extraordinary and unusual chapters from history, science, art, and adventure.