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The Accidental Scientist

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

The Accidental Scientist

By Graeme Donald

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About the book

Have you ever wondered how the ideas for some things come about? Surprisingly it is often as much down to chance as a single person's brilliance. The Accidental Scientist explores the role of chance and error in scientific, medical and commercial innovation, outlining exactly how some of the most well-known products, gadgets and useful gizmos came to be. Encompassing everything from DNA profiling to fingerprinting and TNT to the telephone, this book explores many of the discoveries that we are a...Show more

History of science

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ISBN

9781782437802

Publisher

Michael O'Mara Books Ltd

Published year

2017

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1

Original title

The Accidental Scientist

Format

Paperback

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