Science and Serendipity
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Serendipity and science -- Friedrich Wohler and the synthesis of urea -- Alexander Felming and the discovery of penicillin -- Luigi Galvani and the electrical frog legs -- Roentgen, Becquerel, and their mysterious rays -- Charles Goodyear and the vulcanization of rubber -- Schoenbein, Nobel, and their explosives -- Thomas Edison and his talking machine -- Aloys Senefelder and lithography -- Donald Stookey and ceramic glass -- Vincent Shaefer: the rainmaker -- Dr.
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