Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science by Royston M. Roberts, Odd Hassel

Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science

Royston M. Roberts, Odd Hassel

288 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
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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. And we owe a debt to accident for some of our deepest s...

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