Quote of the day by Alexander Fleming: “I did not invent penicillin. Nature did that. I only discovered…” – why one accident changed the history of medicine |
Two scientists can notice the exact same odd result in a failed experiment and walk away from it completely differently. One sees a ruined sample, clears it off the bench, and moves on to the next attempt. The other stops, looks closer, and asks what could have caused something that was never supposed to happen….