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RE: ‘Accidental’ Eureka: Accidents That Changed Lives And Resources ....... (and How You Can Create Yours)
The word is "serendipity".
[ˌserənˈdipədē]
NOUN
the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way:
"a fortunate stroke of serendipity" ·
"a series of small serendipities"
synonyms: (happy) chance, (happy) accident, fluke, luck, good luck, good fortune, fortuity, providence, happy coincidence
ORIGIN
1754: coined by Horace Walpole, suggested by The Three Princes of Serendip, the title of a fairy tale in which the heroes “were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of.”