“In my first publication I might have claimed that I had come to the conclusion, as a result of serious study of the literature and deep thought, that valuable antibacterial substances were made by moulds and that I set out to investigate the problem. That would have been untrue and I preferred to tell the truth that penicillin started as a chance observation. My only merit is that I did not neglect the observation and that I pursued the subject as a bacteriologist. My publication in 1929 was the starting-point of the work of others who developed penicillin especially in the chemical field.” FirstsHas BeensMadeProblemMightScienceLiteratureChanceResultsStudySubjectsFieldsSeriousDiscoveryStartingValuableConclusionObservationSubstanceMeritTelling The TruthNeglectChemicalsDeep ThoughtPursuedPublicationStarting PointUntrueMouldPenicillin Author:Alexander Fleming
“It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject: the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to the enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual.” FirstsMayIdeasScienceIndividualTeamSubjectsPerceptionDiscoveryWorkersIndividualityDetailsDuesEnterprisePrimeCollaborationLonePenicillin Author:Alexander Fleming
“One sometimes finds what one is not looking for. When I woke up just after dawn on Sept. 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic, or bacteria killer. But I guess that was exactly what I did.” WorldFirstsSometimesPlansMedicineDawnKillersDiscoveringBacteriaAntibioticsPenicillinDiscovering The World Author:Alexander Fleming
