medium · Enhanced ACT english
A biographer is writing about a famous chemist's unexpected discovery. [Dr. Aris was actually looking for a new type of adhesive.]
Which choice best introduces the paragraph to emphasize the accidental nature of the event?
- Many of the greatest discoveries in the history of science have been made by people who were looking for something else.
- The breakthrough occurred not through careful planning, but when a stray chemical spilled into a discarded beaker.
- Dr. Aris never expected to find anything of value during his routine afternoon experiments in the laboratory.
- While Dr. Aris was a very meticulous researcher, he often found that his best ideas came when he was not working.
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