Serendipity : Accidental Discoveries in Science

Name: Serendipity
Brand: John Wiley & Sons Inc
SKU: 9780471602033
Price: 2900 KES
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780471602033

by Royston M. Roberts

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Wiley Science Editions

ISBN-10 0471602035

ISBN-13 9780471602033

Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc

Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 23rd, 1989

Print length 288 Pages

Weight 428 grams

Dimensions 15.20 x 22.80 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: Science: general issues

KSh 2,900.00

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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.

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 scientific knowledge, including Newton's theory of gravitation, the Big Bang theory of Creation, and the discovery of DNA. Even the Rosetta Stone, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the ruins of Pompeii came to light through chance. This book tells the fascinating stories of these and other discoveries and reveals how the inquisitive human mind turns accident into discovery. Written for the layman, yet scientifically accurate, this illuminating collection of anecdotes portrays invention and discovery as quintessentially human acts, due in part to curiosity, perserverance, and luck.

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