A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind
-------Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
The meaning of thhis quotation is that a discovery is an accident which won't occured without any preparation. I chose this quotation because of the importance of discovery to people. In fact, cicilization began with a discovery. All developemts and simple improvements made by humans throughout the ages were based on discoveries.
Somebody believes that discoveries are accidents occur by chance. However, the lightning flashed across the sky for thhousands of times, but only Benjamin Franklin thought about the difference between lightning and artificial electricity. After years of studying, he got the answer and invented the lightning conductor. Therefore, if discovery is and accident, it may happen at anytime and met by anyone, but only the one with a prepared mind can realize something.
The story of Madame Curie is another example of this quotation. Madam curie and her husband discovered Radium after a number of experiments. Because of their hard work they refined Radium successfully.
The quotation is also meaningful to me. It tells me to be prepared before doing anything to receive a good result.
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