众所周知,SAT作文喜欢偏向高大上的普世价值观,对成功也是一再强调主观能动性的作用,但客观来看,确实有一些人凭借pure luck而盆满钵满成名立万,大家往往只能想到盘尼西林的发现是个意外,其实这方面素材还有很多,下面就介绍一下: 1.糖精发明者:康斯坦丁法堡和伊拉雷森 时间:1879年 事情发生的经过:在研究了一整天的煤矿衍生物之后,法堡离开他约翰霍金大学的实验室回家吃晚饭。 大发现:他吃到了某种特别甜的东西,于是他追溯到了自己手上沾到的某种化学成分而且最棒的是,这种糖精完全没有热量。 结果:法堡摒弃了伊拉和所在大学,偷偷申请了糖精的专利 Inventors: Constantin Fahlberg and Ira Remsen Year: 1879 WhatHappened: After spending the day studying coal tar derivatives, Fahlberg lefthis Johns Hopkins laboratory and went to dinner。 BigDiscovery: Something he ate tasted particularly sweet, which he traced to achemical compound hed spilled on his hand. Best of all, it turned out to becalorie-free。 As a result: He cut Remsen andthe university out of millions of dollars when he secretly patented thebreakthrough discovery, saccharin. |