Serendipity: accidental discoveries in science
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 o...
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
| Beschreibung: | Literaturverz. S. 248 - 262 |
| Beschreibung: | XVII, 270 S. |
| ISBN: | 0471506583 |
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Archimedes—the First Streaker 1
Columbus Discovers a New World 4
A Sick Indian Discovers Quinine 6
Sir Isaac Newton, the Apple, and the Law of Gravitation 11
The Electric Battery and Electromagnetism—from a Frog s Leg
and a Compass 16
Vaccination—Edward Jenner, a Milkmaid, and Smallpox 19
Discoveries of Chemical Elements 24
Oxygen 25 W Iodine 31 W Helium and the Noble Gases 33
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Nitrous Oxide and Ether as Anesthetics 37
Wöhler’s Synthesis of Urea—Organic Chemistry Begins to Make
Sense 42
Daguerre and the Invention of Photography 49
Rubber—Natural and Unnatural 53
Vulcanization 53 W Synthetic Rubber 55
Pasteur— “Left-Handed” and “Right-Handed” Molecules Make a
Difference 59
Synthetic Dyes and Pigments 66
Perkin and Mauve 66 W Graebe and Liebermann and Alizarin 70 WA
Broken Thermometer and Indigo 71 W Dandridge and Monastral
Blue 73
Kekulé: Molecular Architecture from Dreams 75
Nobel: The Man, the Discoveries, and the Prizes 83
Celluloid and Rayon—Artificial Ivory and Silk 92
Celluloid 92 W Rayon 94
Friedel and Crafts—a Laboratory Accident Spawns New Industrial
Chemistry 96
How to Succeed in Archaeology Without Really Trying 101
Digs that Produced Unexpected Results 102 W Lakes that Dried
Up 108 W Things that Just Turned Up 108 W Nature Sometimes
Lends a Hand 111 W Even Bombs Have Helped 112 W Boys and
Caves 113 W Sponge Divers 116
Some Astronomical Serendipities 120
The Big Bang 120 W Pulsars 121 W Pluto s Moon 121
Accidental Medical Discoveries 123
Insulin 123 W Allergy, Anaphylaxis, and Antihistamines 125 W
Nitrogen Mustards and Cancer Chemotherapy 127 W The Pill 128 ¥
LSD 130 W The Pap Test 133 W Light and Infant Jaundice 136 V
Cholesterol Receptors 137
X rays, Radioactivity, and Nuclear Fission 139
Discovery of X rays by Röntgen 139 0 Discovery of Radioactivity by
Becquerel 143 W Artificial Radioactivity and Nuclear Fission 146
Substitute Sugar: How Sweet It Is—and Non-Fattening 150
Safety Glass 155
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Antibiotics: Penicillin, Sulfa Drugs, and Magainins 159
Penicillin: Fleming, Florey, andChain 159 W Sulfa Drugs: Domagk, Four-
neau, and the Trefouels 164 W Magainins: Antibiotics from a Frog s
Skin 169
Nylon: Cold-Drawing Does the Trick 170
Polyethylene: Thanks to Leaky and Dirty Equipment 177
Teflon: Out of the Atom Bomb and into the Frying Pan 187
Gasoline Technology: Flowery Theories and Gas to Gasoline 192
Ethyl Fluid 192 W From Methane to Gasoline 193
Drugs Accidentally Found Good for Something Else 195
Aspirin 195 W Psychoactive Drugs 196 W Antiarrythmic Drugs: So
Things Won t Go Bump in the Night 200 W Minoxidil: A Hair-Raising
Experience 201 W Interferon: Cancer and Arthritis 202
Drugs from Sewage and Dirt 203
Cephalosporins 204 W Cyclosporine 206
Brown and Wittig: Boron and Phosphorus in Organic
Synthesis 209
Hydroboration 209 W Synthesis of Alkenes 213
Polycarbonates: Tough Stuff 216
Velcro and Other Gifts of Serendipity to Modern Living 220
Velcro: From Cockleburs to Spaceships 220 W Ivory Soap 222 W Com
and Wheat Flakes 223 W Post-its 223 W Scotchgard 225
DNA: The Coil of Life 226
Conceptions, Misconceptions, and Accidents in Organic
Synthesis 232
Chemical Crowns and Crypts 238
Epilogue: How Accidents Become Discoveries 244
Appendix: References and Additional Reading 248
Index
Names 263
Subject 267
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