(Above: unwashed hands led to the discovery of saccharin)
http://science.discovery.com/brink/top-ten/accidental-inventions/inventions-10.html
(Above: unwashed hands led to the discovery of saccharin)
http://science.discovery.com/brink/top-ten/accidental-inventions/inventions-10.html
It's soothing to think of science as a smooth orderly progression towards a desired outcome, but serendipity seems to have more to do with it than anything for the really important stuff. Which is kind of unnerving.
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