Describes the critical events and timing which led to major scientific discoveries including Newton's laws of gravity, Lise Meitner's work with nuclear fission, and experiments with penicillin.
Content Note
Introduction: off to serendip -- Isaac Newton: the fall of an apple -- Mary Anning: the princess of paleontology -- Charles Goodyear: the rubber man -- Anesthesia: the greatest discovery ever made -- Ignaz Semmelweis: doctors, wash your hands! -- Maria Sanz de Sautuola: the bulls on the ceiling -- Alexander Fleming: discoverer of penicillin -- Cyde Tombaugh: the search for Planet X -- Lise Meitner: the discovery of the nuclear fission -- Muhammad Ahmed el-Hamed: the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Jocelyn Bell: the discovery of pulsars -- Afterward: a note on future discoveries.