Royston M. Roberts is the author of Lucky Science: Accidental Discoveries From Gravity to Velcro, with Experiments, published by Wiley. Jeanie Roberts is the author of Lucky Science: Accidental Discoveries From Gravity to Velcro, with Experiments, published by Wiley.

• The Eureka Man: Archimedes Measures Volume. An Apple Falls: Sir Isaac Newton Discovers Gravity. A Dancing Frog's Leg: The Electric Battery andElectromagnetism. Picture This: Daguerre Invents Photography. Cow Medicine: Jenner and the Discovery of Vaccination. The Case of the Melting Mailbags: Goodyear and the Vulcanization ofRubber. A Smashing Discovery: Benedictus Invents Safety Glass. Digs, Finds, Caves, and Dives: How to Succeed in ArchaeologyWithout Really Trying. Bangs, Twinkles, and Bumps: Astronomical Discoveries. From the Moldy Past: Fleming Discovers Penicillin. How Sweet It Is (and Nonfattening): Three Kinds of SubstituteSugar. This Discovery Was a Stretch: Du Pont Chemists Make Nylon. From Velcro to Corn Flakes: Everyday Life Gets Better Thanks toAccidental Discoveries. Rubber That Relaxes: Silly Putty Becomes a Popular Toy. Out of the Bomb and Into the Frying Pan: Plunkett DiscoversTeflon. Epilogue: How Accidents Become Discoveries. Glossary. Index.

Royston M. Roberts is the author of Lucky Science: Accidental Discoveries From Gravity to Velcro, with Experiments, published by Wiley. Jeanie Roberts is the author of Lucky Science: Accidental Discoveries From Gravity to Velcro, with Experiments, published by Wiley.

• The Eureka Man: Archimedes Measures Volume. An Apple Falls: Sir Isaac Newton Discovers Gravity. A Dancing Frog's Leg: The Electric Battery andElectromagnetism. Picture This: Daguerre Invents Photography. Cow Medicine: Jenner and the Discovery of Vaccination. The Case of the Melting Mailbags: Goodyear and the Vulcanization ofRubber. A Smashing Discovery: Benedictus Invents Safety Glass. Digs, Finds, Caves, and Dives: How to Succeed in ArchaeologyWithout Really Trying. Bangs, Twinkles, and Bumps: Astronomical Discoveries. From the Moldy Past: Fleming Discovers Penicillin. How Sweet It Is (and Nonfattening): Three Kinds of SubstituteSugar. This Discovery Was a Stretch: Du Pont Chemists Make Nylon. From Velcro to Corn Flakes: Everyday Life Gets Better Thanks toAccidental Discoveries. Rubber That Relaxes: Silly Putty Becomes a Popular Toy. Out of the Bomb and Into the Frying Pan: Plunkett DiscoversTeflon. Epilogue: How Accidents Become Discoveries. Glossary. Index.