Question by D0nt100katm3: Are all important discoveries the result of focusing on one subject?
Does anybody know like a famous person or event that proves “Yes” to this prompt? Thanks
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Answer by fallenaway
Many important discoveries are accidents, but some result from patient, dedicated single-minded pursuits. For example:
The Great Flu Pandemic of 1918, the deadliest illness in the last 100 years, remained a mystery until a team of scientests spent nearly a decade recreating the virus’s dna from frozen tissue samples.
But Dr. Jeffery Taubenberger, chief of the molecular pathology department at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, had an idea for finding that ancient virus. He recalled that his institute had a warehouse of autopsy tissue, established by President Lincoln.
That followed about fifty years continous research to first discover the virus, and then the existence of DNA to unlock its secrets.
See New York Times article.
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In wwi, the German kaiser ordered that scientists find a way to take nitrogen directly from the air, to produce fertilizer. This discovery led to the production of a major portion of modern fertilizers today – without it, we would starve.
Kellogg was looking for bread substitute to help hospital patients digest there food easier. By mistake he left a bioled pot of wheat out and discovered modern day cereal.