To give up… or not to give up.
By Doug Wright The greatest achievements of mankind fall into three camps. The first comes from stupendous, serendipitous luck – like the day Alexander Fleming noticed that the mould in one of his petri dishes had killed off other bacteria. If he’d washed that dish and gone about his business, millions of lives would never have been saved, thanks to the wonders of penicillin. Lucky for him – lucky for us. The second type of achievement stems from failure. Dr Spencer Silver was trying to invent a super strong adhesive. Among his batch of failed attempts was a glue...
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