Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in ScienceISBN: 978-0-471-60203-3
Paperback
288 pages
January 1991
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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 andCompass.
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 IndustrialChemistry.
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 OrganicSynthesis.
Epilogue: How Accidents Become Discoveries.
Appendix.
Index.
Archimedes--The First Streaker.
A Sick Indian Discovers Quinine.
The Electric Battery and Electromagnetism--From a Frog's Leg andCompass.
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 IndustrialChemistry.
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 OrganicSynthesis.
Epilogue: How Accidents Become Discoveries.
Appendix.
Index.
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