MadSci Network: Science History
Query:

Re: examples of advances due to fortuitous observations?

Date: Fri Mar 2 11:25:54 2001
Posted By: Dan Berger, Faculty Chemistry/Science, Bluffton College
Area of science: Science History
ID: 983499265.Sh
Message:

You've collected a pretty good list already. The only one I can add is Pasteur's 
discovery of the optical isomers of tartaric acid (or more specifically of 
sodium potassium tartrate).

                                  Dan Berger
                                  MadSci Administrator


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