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In 1926, a scientist, James summer, accidentally left a sample of an enzyme preparation in the refrigerator over the weekend. The next week he found that the solution from the refrigerator had grown protein crystals. for 15 years he tried to convince others of his discovery that large molecules could form crystals. Most scientists at the time believed that only small molecules could make crystals. eventually his view was accepted and he won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1946. What does this story illustrate?
New scientific ideas are often rejected by the scientific establishment.