CHALLENGE, RESPONSE AND SERENDIPITY IN THE DESIGN OF MATERIALS

Authors
CAHN RW
Citation
Rw. Cahn, CHALLENGE, RESPONSE AND SERENDIPITY IN THE DESIGN OF MATERIALS, Bulletin of Materials Science, 17(7), 1994, pp. 1369-1378
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
Journal title
Bulletin of Materials Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
02504707
Volume
17
Issue
7
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1369 - 1378
Database
ISI
SICI code
0250-4707(1994)17:7<1369:CRASIT>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A number of condensed case-histories of successful materials innovatio ns are presented to illustrate the author's thesis that happy accident favouring the prepared mind (i.e. serendipity), or alternatively a re sponse to a challenge from competing materials, are circumstances favo uring effective innovation.