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In the field of observations, chance favors only the prepared mind.
Louis Pasteur Lecture, University of Lille · 1854

Discovery Quotations

“In the field of observations, chance favors only the prepared mind.”

Louis Pasteur · Lecture, University of Lille, 1854 · Primary source

“The prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out.”

Richard Feynman · Horizon: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, 1981 · Primary source

“I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.”

Marie Curie · Madame Curie: A Biography, 1938 · Secondary source

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Discovery

3 authors · 3 works · 6 themes · 14 tags
Authors
Richard Feynman Theoretical physicistMarie Curie Physicist and chemistLouis Pasteur French chemist and microbiologist
Works
Madame Curie: A Biography Eve Curie (translated by Vincent Sheean) · 1938Horizon: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out Richard Feynman · 1981Lecture, University of Lille Louis Pasteur · 1854
Themes
Preparation enables discoveryRecognising opportunityDiscovery over recognition
Tags
Scientific discoveryPrepared mindObservationSerendipity
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