Serendipity : accidental discoveries in science

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Serendipity : accidental discoveries in science

Royston M. Roberts

(Science editions)

Wiley, c1989

  • : pbk

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注記

Bibliography: p. 248-262

Includes indexes

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780471506584

内容説明

Penicillin, vaccines, nylon, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Velcro, Neanderthal man, gravity: all were discovered or developed serendipitiously, accidently and unintentionally. This book reveals the engaging stories of how these, and hundreds of other milestones in science, came to light through accidents.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780471602033

内容説明

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.

目次

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.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA07448834
  • ISBN
    • 0471506583
    • 0471602035
  • LCCN
    88033638
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    xvii, 270 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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