Historians and sociologists have remarked on the occurrence, in science, of "multiple independent discovery".

Multiple independent discovery, however, is not limited to only a few historic instances involving giants of scientific research.

Dylan, his first independent discovery, later became, wonderfully, a friend.

Whatever this was, it was an independent discovery.

In tracing the course of his mind as it had wandered down the wrong-seeming path, he made his first "independent" discovery.

Mrs. Presty's sense of her own dignity adopted a system of independent discovery.

Students learned best when they were exploring topics that interested them, which led to independent discovery and better retention of knowledge.

Knowing that his process was entirely different from Tesla's, he never advanced a claim to independent discovery of the alternating-current motor.

Her recent independent discovery of breast stem cells has been a breakthrough understanding in the field of breast cancer.

The history of the one-time pad is marked by multiple independent, but closely related discoveries.