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An edition of Accidental Discoveries: From Laughing Gas to Dynamite (1999)

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Scholastic Canada
Language
English
Pages
142

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Subjects
Effet serendip en sciences, Ouvrages pour la jeunesse, Serendipity in science, Decouvertes scientifiques, Discoveries in science, Juvenile literature
People
Harry Coover, Pythagoras, Arhimedes, Galileo Galilei, William Lee, Hans Lippershey, James Hargreaves, Alois Senefelder, Friedrich Kekulé, Robert Koch, James Schlatter, Frank Epperson, Sylvan N. Goldman, Richard James, George de Mestral, Arthur Fry, Phil McCrory, Clarence A. Crane, Joseph Priestly, Bertold Schwartz, Pieter van Muschenbroeck, Charles Goodyear, Samuel Cooley, Horace Wells, Alfred Nobel, John Wesley Hyatt, Edouard Benedictus, James Christy, Karl Jansky, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Elias Howe Jr., Luigi Galvani, Signora Galvani, René Laennec, Mary Anning, William Beaumont, Alexis St. Martin, John McIntosh, David Fife, Samuel Morse, Charles Jackson, Ignaz Semmelweis, Phineas Gage, Clarence Birdseye, Donald Johanson, George Eastman, Christian Nelson, David Parkinson, Masaru Ibuka, Henry Bessemer, Elihu Thomson, Louis Pasteur, Edward Jenner, Thomas L. Willson, Wilhelm Roentgen, Henri Becquerelm, Alexander Fleming, Julian Hill, Louis Daguerre, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Watson, John Kellogg, Will Kellogg, William Henry Perkin, Arthur Scott, Roy Plunkett, Lonnie Johnson, Johnny Carson, Michael Zasloff, George Crum, James Wright, Norman Larson, Levi Strauss, Charles Menches, Frederick A. Bruckman

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Markham, Canada

First Sentence

"What triggers the brainstorm that leads to a scientific discovery?"

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION. Page 1 CHAPTER 1. NEW PERSPECTIVES Page 4 A Blacksmith's Pounding Page 6 An Overfilled Bath Page 8 The Swinging Chandelier Page 11 Noisy Needles Page 14 Close Enough to Touch Page 15 Straight Up in the Air Page 17 A Hurried List Page 18 Dancing Snakes Page 20 A Moldy Potato Page 22 Accidentally Frozen Page 24 Folding Chairs on Wheels Page 26 CHAPTER 2. FORTUNATE FUMBLES Page 32 An Explosive Mix Page 34 A Jar of Electricity Page 36 Charred Rubber Page 38 Just One Whiff Page 41 Spilled Liquid Page 43 Unbreakable Glass Page 45 An Unexplained Bump Page 46 CHAPTER 3. OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS Page 52 Twitching Legs Page 54 Children's Game, Doctor's Tool Page 56 Hole in the Stomach Page 58 Fruit from a Single Tree Page 61 Seeds in the Mail Page 63 Encounter in Mid-Ocean Page 65 Mysterious Deaths Page 69 Personality Switch Page 71 Fresh Frozen Page 74 A Flood of Bones Page 76 CHAPTER 4. EXPERIMENTAL TWISTS Page 82 Sudden Brightness Page 84 A Blast of Cold Air Page 87 Flash of Green Page 91 A Weakened Strain of Bacteria Page 93 Surprising Bubbles Page 96 Glow in the Dark Page 99 Mysterious Images Page 102 Clear Rings, Shrinking Patches Page 104 Stretchy Strands Page 106 CHAPTER 5. SURPRISE ENDINGS Page 110 A Poisonous Drink Page 112 Sticky Mess, Valuable Solution Page 114 Too Thick and Wrinkled Page 116 Unexpected Splash Page 118 The Fully Recovered Frog Page 121 BIBLIOGRAPHY. Page 128 INDEX. Page 131

Edition Notes

Previously published under title: The serendipity effect.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Titles
The Serendipity Effect
Copyright Date
1989, 1999

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
j500
Library of Congress
Q172.5.S47 V46 1999
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
C98-932280-7

Contributors

Cover Design
Thomas Dannenberg
Illustrator
John Etheridge

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
134p.
Number of pages
142
Dimensions
22.8 x 14.9 x .85 centimeters
Weight
200 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26523636M
Internet Archive
accidentaldiscov0000vers
ISBN 10
0590514253
ISBN 13
9780590514255
OCLC/WorldCat
39913375

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