With a little luck : 11 serendipitous discoveries / by Dennis Brindell Fradin.

By:

Fradin, Dennis B

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: 183 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0525471960 :

Other title:

Eleven serendipitous discoveries

Subject(s):

Discoveries in science

DDC classification:

509 22

LOC classification:

Q180.55.D57 F73 2006

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Summary: Discusses eleven scientific discoveries found as a result of chance events and unexpected laboratory results, from Newton's discovery of gravity after observing an apple fall to Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin when mold landed on a bacteria culture.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-181) and index.

Discusses eleven scientific discoveries found as a result of chance events and unexpected laboratory results, from Newton's discovery of gravity after observing an apple fall to Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin when mold landed on a bacteria culture.