Serendipity in Science: The Unexpected Tie
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Science and serendipity.
Good science demands independent replication of new ideas and results and abandonment of accepted theories in light of more reliable evidence. Failure to comply leads to damaging bad science, as with the falsely claimed association between measles, mumps and rubella vaccination and autism. Progress of good science also often requires serendipity, 'making discoveries by accident and sagacity of ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0009-9147,1530-8561
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2018.297770