A strong drive to succeed and the ability to be in the right place at the right time may be common features of successful people. Despite the best efforts of scientists, some discoveries they make are the purely result of serendipity, an unexpected result of an experiment or an accidental discovery or breakthrough. This is not to say that scientists wait around for something to happen. Usually, the unexpected discoveries occur as the result of curiosity and a desire to understand how the world works. Sometimes being the in the right place at the right time is enough to propel a curious pe…
