-
insights or inventions. Many
significant discoveries in
history were
serendipitous,
including penicillin, Post-it notes, Popsicles, and the
microwave oven...
- the
researcher to
properly appreciate when a
finding is "unexpected".
Serendipitous discoveries often requires certain mental conditions in the investigator...
- the
cosmic distance ladder. In 1964, Arno
Penzias and
Robert Wilson serendipitously discovered the
cosmic background radiation, an
omnidirectional signal...
- 1778,
British Captain James Cook
encountered the
Hawaiian Islands serendipitously while crossing the
Pacific during his
third voyage of exploration....
-
attracted to a
large talent pool,
proximity to
venture capital, and
serendipitous connections. The
Sunset Reservoir Solar Project,
completed in 2010,...
-
although overlapping,
categories of fool:
simpleton fool, wise fool, and
serendipitous fool. The six
volume Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
contains (in volume...
- Perkin's mauve, was one of the
first synthetic dyes. It was
discovered serendipitously by
William Henry Perkin in 1856
while he was
attempting to synthesise...
- (March 11, 1999). "Cher Resurrected, Again, by a Hit; The Long, Hard but
Serendipitous Road to 'Believe'". The New York Times.
Archived from the
original on...
-
intentionally put
themselves in
situations that
increase the
chances of a
serendipitous encounter, such as
socializing with
people who work in
different fields...
- didn't feel
obligated to be here, but I
wanted to do something. And it's
serendipitous that the
awards were a
couple of w****s
later and our show was up for...
