SERENDIPITY ~ DISCOVERY BY CHANCE !

BRIAN & ANGELA

 

CRICK & WATSON IN AWE OF THEIR FINAL MODEL !

 

DON'T VACILLATE  and think your point don't count

Don't let others turn you ~ inside out

ARCHIMEDES with propensity

Jumped out of his bath and discovered DENSITY !

 

We all have a point to make 

It does not matter if it's a mistake

NEWTON enjoying a drink of SNAPPLE

Discovered GRAVITY ~ hit by a Apple !

 

The brave ask QUESTIONS to seek advances

The sharper the QUESTIONS the better the ANSWERS

MARIE CURIE has the sensitivity

To unravel the sources of RADIOACTIVITY !

 

All the Science ~ that put Man on the MOON

Started with Fools in a Hot Air Balloon !

CRICK & WATSON ~ Played with models all day

But LORD TODD when he saw it said "That's DNA" !

 

Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Love BRIAN

 

Many important discoveries have been made 

by chance !  Penicillin ~ Polythene ~ Mauvine

(purple dye) Stainless Steel ~ Steam Engine etc.

Crick and Watson discovered the greatest break

through in Chemical Science ~ the Structure of DNA

in 1953 !  Watson was BIOLOGIST and Crick was

a PHYSICIST and they did nothing in the LAB ! They

used Chemical Evidence (from TODD & CHARGAFF)

ROSIE FRANKLANDS brilliant X-ray data and built

models out of steel rods & tinplates (see picture)

despite not really understanding the CHEMICAL

STRUCTURE they got it RIGHT !  The structure of

DNA has revolutionised GENETICS and FORENSIC

SCIENCE !  JAMES WATTS made a cup of tea ~ and

said that kettle looks like a STEAM ENGINE to me ! 

  

 

  • Author: BRIANSODES (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 3rd, 2018 04:46
  • Category: Reflection
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  • orchidee

    A fine write Brian. Heehee you mean James Watt. Didn't Isaac Watts write hymns?
    Ohh, How can I get past a word like 'serendipity' on a morning like this when me brain has frozen up?! Far too many syllables (five)! lol.

    • BRIAN & ANGELA

      Thanks ANDY ~ Will make the correction ! Pleased you enjoyed SERENDIPITY ! Thanks BRIAN

      • orchidee

        Cooeee, STEVE here, not ANDY. He might know about the Watts too! lol. I get Fred and Frank mixed up here. Now there's Lorna and Laura too! lol.

        • BRIAN & ANGELA

          Thanks S T E V E ~ I'm much too young to get "SENIOR MOMENTS" ~ BUT I DO ! Yours NAIRB (Muddled Man !)

        • Michael Edwards

          A lot of info for a Saturday when I'm trying to decorate. Lol 🙂 Nice one Brian

          • BRIAN & ANGELA

            Thanks MICHAEL ~ There is a Lot of Scientific Research tied up in a Pot of Paint ~ so it will give you something to muse on ~ while you splodge ~ Yours BRIAN

          • Goldfinch60

            You are so write, many of our greatest progresses in science happened by chance. Good write Mairb.

          • Christina8

            This is a fantastic poem! So much has happened in the light of discovery by mistake. Or try and try again until they got it right. Great job on this one! Sisterly hugs-Christina

            • BRIAN & ANGELA

              THANKS CHRISTINA ~ As you know ~ I am a Research Scientist ~ main field of Study ~ Prevention of Coastal Erosion and CO2 Reduction ! Because of this I investigate everything ! In the Poem I tried to hilite (this spelling saves THREE LETTERS !) accidental discoveries ~ like penicillin and polythene etc ! PersistEnce also plays a part as with Eddison and a filament for hi electric light bulb ! We often get ideas from Nature ~ Nylon is a polyamide like wool and wood is a fibre reinforced thermosetting resin ! We analyse Natural Polymers and then imitate ! Big Hugs ~ BROTHER JOHN @@@@@@@



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