Percy Spencers Mistakes

Do you ever wonder how people came up with such great discoveries? Believe it or not, many people think that these great discoveries were sometimes made by mistake. Other people believe that big discoveries were actually invented step by step. That is why in some cases mistakes are a key part of discovery.
To begin with, in the article, "How a Melted Bar of Chocolate Changed our Kitchens", can prove that mistakes are a key part of discovery. For example, it says that all Percy Spencer did was to carry bar of chocolate in pocket so it could melt. What Percy Spencer really wanted to do is how to get rid of chocolate stains but that same day he also discovered a new way to cook. The chocolate bar melting Percy's pocket that day lead to the invention of the microwave. One day at a Raytheon lab, Percy was standing near one of their experiments, the Magnetron. Standing near the Magnetron Percy noticed that the bar of chocolate in his pocket melted then Percy asked for popcorn kernels an put them near the Magnetron. We can now thank Percy Spencer for the microwave and for having popcorn. …show more content…
We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery."—19th century Scottish author Samuel Smiles. By this quote saying, “he who never made a mistake never made a discovery", shows that it is probably more exciting if the discovery is a mistake rather than it being step by step or research after research. In other words, if a discovery is made by mistake it is likely to be more