7 June 2010 - great discovery

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It’s All in the Follow-Through

There are two ways to make a great discovery. You can poke at stuff and get lucky, or you can meticulously follow a systematic and intelligent strategy and get lucky. That’s why serendipity is so popular. Then comes the hard part; publication is 99% preparation, because chance favors a perspiring mind.

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