Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,208,542 members, 8,002,948 topics. Date: Thursday, 14 November 2024 at 09:50 PM

80% Of Science Discoveries Are By Mistakes - Science/Technology - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Science/Technology / 80% Of Science Discoveries Are By Mistakes (428 Views)

Scientific Discoveries / Science Discoveries And Scientists / Top 10 Major Scientifical Discoveries Of 2018 (2) (3) (4)

(1) (Reply) (Go Down)

80% Of Science Discoveries Are By Mistakes by Kalatium(m): 5:40pm On Mar 14, 2023
History is filled with accounts of scientists and inventors who made mistakes that turned into great discoveries. This is Sometimes termed Serendipity.

¶ In 1886, John Pemberton wanted to develop a new remedy for prospective customers. He had already invented “French Wine Coca—The
Ideal Nerve Tonic, Health Restorer and Stimulant,” “Lemon and Orange Elixir,”
and “Dr. Pemberton’s Indian Queen Magic Hair Dye.”

This time he created a new medicine to relieve exhaustion, aid the nervous, and soothe headaches.

Pemberton was happy with his product, a syrup that he mixed with water and served chilled. But then a happy accident occurred. Pemberton’s assistant accidentally mixed the concoction with soda water. The drink was transformed.

Pemberton wasn’t too proud to admit that his original vision for the drink was inferior to his assistant’s creation, and as a result, he decided not to sell it as a medicine, but instead as a fountain drink.

He named it Coca-Cola. Today, CocaCola is the most popular soft drink in the world.

¶ In 1839, Charles Goodyear was conducting
experiments with rubber. The substance, derived from tree sap, had been known
for centuries. People had tried to put it to practical use, but when hot it melted
and when cold it shattered.

Goodyear tried mixing it with various substances, but none transformed it into a usable substance. Then one day he accidently dropped some rubber mixed with sulfur on a hot kitchen stove. The heat made the rubber
firm and flexible. Even cold air didn’t make it brittle.

Goodyear’s mistake helped him transform rubber into the substance used in so many products and industries
today.

¶ Cellophane is another substance discovered by accident. Swiss textile engineer Jacques Brandenberger wanted to develop a waterproof cloth after seeing a bottle of wine spilled on a tablecloth. The coating he created was too stiff and brittle to be practical.

But Brandenberger discovered that the transparent film peeled off of the fabric in whole sheets. By 1908 he developed a machine
that could produce those sheets.

¶ The drug, Penicillin was also the result of a mistake. When researcher Alexander
Fleming accidentally introduced mold into the flu culture in one of his petri dishes in 1928, he didn’t deride his sloppy efforts.

He studied the results. He isolated and identified the mold, which led to the creation of the vaccine that has saved countless lives.

¶ The cooking power of microwaves was discovered when an engineer mistakenly melted a chocolate bar in his pocket using them.

¶ Teflon was discovered when a researcher working on refrigerants left out a sample overnight by mistake.

¶ Post-it notes were developed because of a mistake developing a new adhesive.

THE LESSONS
If you bring the right spirit to your work, you can turn a mistake into an opportunity.

Success and fame don’t always come to the most talented people.
Sometimes they come to the person who can turn adversity into advantage.

Mark Twain was once asked to name the greatest of all inventors. His reply: “Accidents.”

1 Like 1 Share

Re: 80% Of Science Discoveries Are By Mistakes by sumanrawat: 10:27am On Mar 15, 2023
Good piece of content, Keep sharing
Re: 80% Of Science Discoveries Are By Mistakes by Nasandry: 8:24am On Mar 17, 2023
How its help food by vacuum microwave drying

Vacuum microwave drying is a process that combines the benefits of both vacuum drying and microwave drying. When applied to food, it can provide several advantages over traditional drying methods. Here are some ways in which vacuum microwave drying can help food:

Retains nutrients and flavor: Vacuum microwave drying can help retain more of the nutrients and flavor of the food being dried compared to traditional drying methods. This is because the vacuum helps reduce the temperature required for drying, which helps preserve the nutrients and flavor.
https://www.nasandry.com/microwave-vacuum-dryer-p-60.html

Re: 80% Of Science Discoveries Are By Mistakes by Kalatium(m): 7:07pm On Mar 18, 2023
Nasandry:

How its help food by vacuum microwave drying

Vacuum microwave drying is a process that combines the benefits of both vacuum drying and microwave drying. When applied to food, it can provide several advantages over traditional drying methods. Here are some ways in which vacuum microwave drying can help food:

Retains nutrients and flavor: Vacuum microwave drying can help retain more of the nutrients and flavor of the food being dried compared to traditional drying methods. This is because the vacuum helps reduce the temperature required for drying, which helps preserve the nutrients and flavor.
https://www.nasandry.com/microwave-vacuum-dryer-p-60.html

See this one

(1) (Reply)

My Old Laptop With Blind Screen For Sale / Best Aqua Massage In London / Wanted! A Professional Web Designer

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 19
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.