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Royston M. Roberts (1918–1996)

Author of Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science

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Works by Royston M. Roberts

Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science (1989) 226 copies

Experimental Organic Chemistry: A Miniscale and Microscale Approach (Brooks/Cole Laboratory Series for Organic… (1998) 39 copies

Lucky Science: Accidental Discoveries From Gravity to Velcro, with Experiments (1994) 26 copies

Modern Experimental Organic Chemistry (Saunders golden sunburst series) (1979) 23 copies

An Introduction to modern experimental organic chemistry (1969) 17 copies

Experimental Organic Chemistry: A Miniscale Approach (1993) 5 copies

Pre-Lab Exercises for Modern Experimental Organic Chemistry (1985) 2 copies

Descobertas Acidentais em Ciências (1995) 2 copies

Sattuma tieteessä : onnekkaitten oivallusten historiaa : serendipisyys (1998) 2 copies

Pre-Lab Exercises for Experimental Organic Chemistry: A Miniscale Approach (1994) 1 copy

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Legal name: Roberts, Royston M
Other names: Roberts, Roy
Birthdate: 1918
Date of death: 1996-10-26
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Sherman, Texas, USA
Organizations: University of Texas

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Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize

Lucky Science: Accidental Discoveries From Gravity to Velcro, with Experiments (Shortlist – Junior – 1995)

Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize

Lucky Science: Accidental Discoveries From Gravity to Velcro, with Experiments (Shortlist – 1995)

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Works: 10
Members: 343
Popularity: #69,543
Rating: ½ 3.5

ISBNs: 26
Languages: 5

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