Mistakes often come with discoveries and are key to what you are trying to accomplish. In the passages, there are multiple examples to prove that accidents can lead to creative inventions that can help our society. Many discoveries were originally a simple mistake that lead to something greater. It takes a lot to invent an idea and carry it out, so when you approach it, you should understand what to come. Mistakes are key to discoveries, with examples from the passages, because in “Lost Cities, Lost Treasure: Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann found great things even when they made mistakes, in the second passage “How a Melted Bar of Chocolate Changed Our Kitchens” it states it took Percy Spencer 20 years to perfect the microwave, and in the third passage “In Praise of Careful Science”, it says “without mistakes, no discoveries can be made”. …show more content…
In the passage “Lost Cities, Lost Treasure” Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann found magnificent things at the site of the lost city of Troy.
The two explorers went through a lot to find the city of Troy. In paragraph 8, it states both men found things like ancient axes, household items, and jewels at the site. Although they found Troy, a ton of proof and evidence was destroyed in the act, so no other archeologists could view more of the secret land. The explorers are still known for their mistakes and inaccessible discoveries.
In the article “How a Melted Bar of Chocolate Changed Our Kitchens” it says it took more than 20 years to perfect the microwave after many informative mistakes. Percy Spencer Discovered the microwave when a chocolate bar accidently melted in his pocket. This simple mistake changed our view on technology and gave us a new way to cook. The author states in paragraph 14 that Percy was at an equal with the smartest and best educated people in the United States. So a simple accident like this was
unexpected. In article 3 “In Praise of Careful Science” the author states that “without mistakes, no discoveries can be made”. This makes sense because mistakes help prove what you’re trying to accomplish. Percy Spencer’s small mistake improved how people think. Although that one moment overshadowed many years of careful science, as said in paragraph 19, it also taught us a new way to cook. Certain accidents lead us to discoveries which were improved due to mistakes. Overall, the three passages all have information to prove mistakes are key to discovery. Small accidents can be very important and stand out in what you’re attempting to create. We also use these creations to make and advance more in today’s technology. When people run into mistakes, then they know they are on the path to success.
Many great scientists have found lost cities and great treasures, how? By making mistakes. Mistakes have led to great discoveries and rich people. Many errors lead to lost treasure, making new things, and you can learn from them; so you do not make the same mistake again. Therefore, mistakes are crucial part of a discovery.
Schliemann’s archaeological breakthrough was instigated 6.5 km from the Aegean Sea in Turkey. In 1865, German-American adventurer Schliemann arrived at what was assumed to be Troys location. After reading the Iliad and inspecting the “Tell of Hissarlik” he was convinced he had found Troy. Schliemann believed that the Iliad was so true that it must be based on history, and his discovery of one of the many promising tells in the area motivated him to begin his dig. He discovered that this Tell had nine major levels and large walls, like Homer described. He claimed that the second (Troy II) was Homers ‘Citadel of Priam’. However if Schliemann and Homers Troy were the same, literature did not confirm.
Captain Meriwether Lewis and William Clark took the risk of life, limb, and liberty to bring back the precious and valuable information of the Pacific Northwest of the United States territory. Their accomplishments of surviving the trek and delivering the data to the U.S. government, have altered the course of history, but have some Historian’s and author’s stating, “It produced nothing useful.”, and having “added little to the stock of science and wealth. Lewis and Clark’s expedition is one of the most famous and most unknown adventures of America’s frontier.
One of the most important Schliemann’s works was his discovery for Troy. Schliemann started excavation in Hissarlik, which is the modern name of Troy, before archeology became a developed professional field. In May 1873, he found gold and other objects in the site of excavation and named it “Priam’s Treasure”. Later, Sophia Schliemann, which is his wife, wore the jewels Schliemann found in Troy excavation site to the public. The Turkish government then cancelled the permission Schliemann had to excavate and sued him to share the gold he found. However, Schliemann claimed that he smuggled the treasure he found out of Turkey in order to protect it. So, the conclusion of the excavation in Troy was the gold and treasure Schliemann found.
Firstly,mistakes can be bad but they can also be good and lead to major discoveries. For example,in the first story,Heinrich Schliemann thought he knew exactly where the ancient city of Troy was so he started digging up trenches of dirt. He did make a mistake and dug too close and although artifacts were broken,he and Frank Calvert still found many unbroken artifacts and discovered where Troy had been. In conclusion,mistakes can do bad things but people can get some good things out of it,like big discoveries.
Mistakes do lead to discovery. Without mistakes, scientists would not know what they have to fix in their research or what they are doing wrong. A chocolate bar melting in Percy Spencer’s pocket led to the invention of the microwave. He made the mistake of leaving the chocolate bar in his pocket near the Magnetron, but it led to the invention of the microwave! So, I believe that mistakes lead to the discovery of new things.
Like the skeleton bones found, many other artifacts were found. Ancient pottery has been found at the excavation site. This pottery was traced back to the times when many believe the Trojan War occurred. This shows that there was a city of Troy and it wasn’t just a battlefield.
...is mistakes and let go of any self-resentment, in the eyes of his son. Though these arguments appear as rebellious against Benjamin Franklin’s hubris or self-endowment, it can also be said that these elements helped fuel his ambition and lead to great discoveries. If Franklin’s infatuation with self-betterment was arguably responsible the creation of so many necessities and components of society today, then no criticism can be dished out – Franklin deals with enough inner critique as it is.
most impressive find at Troy, was actually a composite of several small finds uncovered from beyond the walls of the city. Schliemann had collected the pieces from 1871 to 1873 in order to produce a single find large enough to earn him the respect of fellow archaeologists, and also permission from the British to excavate at Mycenae (Calder 33). Twenty years of research led the Traill to the belief that, "the question is no longer whether but rather t...
Mario Livio, the author of Brilliant Blunders once said, “The way we march to truth is not on a straight line, but rather on a zig-zag path finding one blunder after the other to guide us to the correct way and correct scientific theory.” This quote is the premise of his literary work. All people make mistakes—even those who were credited to be the greatest minds in human history. Livio’s goal is to change the paradigm that scientific discoveries are solely success stories.
Like many great science inventions of the past, the microwave oven was stumbled upon during another research project. The man who stumbled upon this great kitchen appliance that we use today, is Dr. Percy Spence, a self-taught engineer who worked for the Raytheon Corporation. Dr. Spence was working on a radar-related research project involving a new vacuum tube called a magnetron. It was during this research one day that he had noticed a candy bar he had in is pocket melted.
Mistakes typically possess negative connotations. Lewis Thomas, author of Medusa and the Snail, vividly and passionately expresses how he understands mistakes, often underrated and brilliant, to be nothing less than the root of all greatness and overall brilliant methods of discovery or enlightenment. However, one’s interpretation of the meaning of “mistake” is a deciding factor; despite Lewis’ theory which may occur on a rare occasion, mistakes seem to lead to disasters more often than not. Upon hearing the word “mistake,” I generally associate it with accidents, risks, and peril; on the contrary, author Thomas Lewis depicts his perception of a mistake as a simple misunderstanding.
Microwave Ovens were discovered accidentally by, Percy Spencer in 1945. He was working on an active radar set and he realized that his Mr. Goodbar was melting in his pocket. Spencer constructed a high density electromagnetic field by transferring microwave energy to a metal box using an electron tube. The first foods to be cooked in the microwave were popcorn and eggs. Once the food was placed in the box that was heated with microwave energy then the temperature of the food rose rapidly.
It is human nature to want to be liked and accepted by other individuals and groups. The intelligent individual could have also engaged in these behaviors due to normative social influence. Conformity for normative reasons occurs in situations so that we, as humans, will not attract attention, be made fun of, get into trouble, or be rejected. Since this individual is new to the university, he does not want to be ostracized from groups. Nor does he want to be the individual who is constantly picked on since he did not engage in the “normal” activities on campus. Of course, he wants to be liked by other individuals and have friends. Individuals conform so that they will be liked and accepted by other people. They conform to the social norms-implicit
Research philosophy, refers to the development of knowledge adopted by the researchers in their research (Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill, 2009). In other words, it is the theory that used to direct the researcher for conducting the procedure of research design, research strategy, questionnaire design and sampling (Malhotra, 2009). It is very important to have a clear understanding of the research philosophy so that we could examine the assumptions about the way we view the world, which are contained in the research philosophy we choose, knowing that whether they are appropriate or not (Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill, 2009). According to Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill (2009), three major ways of thinking about research philosophy are examined: ontology, epistemology and axiology. Each of them carries significant differences which will have an impact on the way we consider the research procedures. Ontology, “is concerned with nature of reality”, while epistemology “concerns what constitutes acceptable knowledge in a field of study and axiology “studies judgements about value” (Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill, 2009, p110, p112, p116). This study is intent on creating some “facts” from objective evaluations which are made by the subjects. Therefore, epistemology will be chosen for this study as the way of thinking about the research philosophy.