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"Serendipity is the art of finding something valu- able when you are looking for something else," writes Gilbert Shapiro. "Both luck and accident play a role, but hard work, alertness, and persever- ance are also demanded. Chance may throw a treasure in your path, but if you are not sharp- eyed enough to notice it, no one benefits. As Louis Pasteur once said, 'Chance favors only the minds that are prepared!
"These are tales of adventure. They take place in a strange and constantly shifting locale: the frontiers of knowledge. Here are... true stories of pioneers who struck gold, the gold of unex- pected discoveries in science."
