Accidental Discoveries
Subtitle: From Laughing Gas to Dynamite
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Markham, Canada
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780590514255
Copyright date: 1989, 1999
Subjects: Effet serendip en sciences; Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Serendipity in science; Decouvertes scientifiques; Discoveries in science; Juvenile literature
Other titles: The Serendipity Effect
First sentence: What triggers the brainstorm that leads to a scientific discovery?
Notes: Previously published under title: The serendipity effect.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: label: INTRODUCTION
pagenum: 1; label: CHAPTER 1
title: NEW PERSPECTIVES
pagenum: 4; title: A Blacksmith's Pounding
pagenum: 6; title: An Overfilled Bath
pagenum: 8; title: The Swinging Chandelier
pagenum: 11; title: Noisy Needles
pagenum: 14; title: Close Enough to Touch
pagenum: 15; title: Straight Up in the Air
pagenum: 17; title: A Hurried List
pagenum: 18; title: Dancing Snakes
pagenum: 20; title: A Moldy Potato
pagenum: 22; title: Accidentally Frozen
pagenum: 24; title: Folding Chairs on Wheels
pagenum: 26; label: CHAPTER 2
title: FORTUNATE FUMBLES
pagenum: 32; title: An Explosive Mix
pagenum: 34; title: A Jar of Electricity
pagenum: 36; title: Charred Rubber
pagenum: 38; title: Just One Whiff
pagenum: 41; title: Spilled Liquid
pagenum: 43; title: Unbreakable Glass
pagenum: 45; title: An Unexplained Bump
pagenum: 46; label: CHAPTER 3
title: OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
pagenum: 52; title: Twitching Legs
pagenum: 54; title: Children's Game, Doctor's Tool
pagenum: 56; title: Hole in the Stomach
pagenum: 58; title: Fruit from a Single Tree
pagenum: 61; title: Seeds in the Mail
pagenum: 63; title: Encounter in Mid-Ocean
pagenum: 65; title: Mysterious Deaths
pagenum: 69; title: Personality Switch
pagenum: 71; title: Fresh Frozen
pagenum: 74; title: A Flood of Bones
pagenum: 76; label: CHAPTER 4
title: EXPERIMENTAL TWISTS
pagenum: 82; title: Sudden Brightness
pagenum: 84; title: A Blast of Cold Air
pagenum: 87; title: Flash of Green
pagenum: 91; title: A Weakened Strain of Bacteria
pagenum: 93; title: Surprising Bubbles
pagenum: 96; title: Glow in the Dark
pagenum: 99; title: Mysterious Images
pagenum: 102; title: Clear Rings, Shrinking Patches
pagenum: 104; title: Stretchy Strands
pagenum: 106; label: CHAPTER 5
title: SURPRISE ENDINGS
pagenum: 110; title: A Poisonous Drink
pagenum: 112; title: Sticky Mess, Valuable Solution
pagenum: 114; title: Too Thick and Wrinkled
pagenum: 116; title: Unexpected Splash
pagenum: 118; title: The Fully Recovered Frog
pagenum: 121; label: BIBLIOGRAPHY
pagenum: 128; label: INDEX
pagenum: 131