Many of the things discovered by accident are important in our everyday lives: Teflon, Velcro, nylon, x--rays, penicillin, safety glass, sugar substitutes, and polyethylene and other plastics.
Many of the things discovered by accident are important in our everyday lives: Teflon, Velcro, nylon, x--rays, penicillin, safety glass, sugar substitutes, and polyethylene and other plastics.
Royston M. Roberts is the author of Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science, published by Wiley.
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Partial table of contents: Archimedes The First Streaker. A Sick Indian Discovers Quinine. The Electric Battery and Electromagnetism From a Frog's Leg and Compass. Discoveries of the Elements. Daguerre and the Invention of Photography. Nobel the Man, the Discoveries, and the Prizes. Friedel and Crafts A Laboratory Accident Spawns New Industrial Chemistry. Some Astronomical Serendipities. Accidental Medical Discoveries. Substitute Sugar: How Sweet It Is And Non Fattening. Nylon: Cold Drawing Does the Trick. Velcro and Other Gifts from Serendipity for Modern Living. Conceptions, Misconceptions, and Accidents in Organic Synthesis. Epilogue: How Accidents Become Discoveries. Appendix. Index.
Partial table of contents: Archimedes The First Streaker. A Sick Indian Discovers Quinine. The Electric Battery and Electromagnetism From a Frog's Leg and Compass. Discoveries of the Elements. Daguerre and the Invention of Photography. Nobel the Man, the Discoveries, and the Prizes. Friedel and Crafts A Laboratory Accident Spawns New Industrial Chemistry. Some Astronomical Serendipities. Accidental Medical Discoveries. Substitute Sugar: How Sweet It Is And Non Fattening. Nylon: Cold Drawing Does the Trick. Velcro and Other Gifts from Serendipity for Modern Living. Conceptions, Misconceptions, and Accidents in Organic Synthesis. Epilogue: How Accidents Become Discoveries. Appendix. Index.
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