I've always been amazed that Shockley's discovery of the transistor was also by accident... https://books.google.com/books?id=mykDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=

I've always been amazed that Shockley's discovery of the transistor was also by accident... https://books.google.com/books?id=mykDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=shockley+transistor+accident&source=bl&ots=zzOU1geWEU&sig=cBOQp3vLwM1UelVBs2mfjK4pFlU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwioy-qI7b3TAhWGi1QKHfJiCYoQ6AEIZjAJ#v=onepage&q=shockley%20transistor%20accident&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=mykDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=P...