Happy Accidents: Serendipity In Modern Medical Breakthroughs

by Morton A. Meyers

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Happy Accidents: Serendipity In Modern Medical Breakthroughs

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This is Morton Meyers' fascinating, entertaining, and highlyaccessible look at the surprising role serendipity played in some of themost important medical discoveries in the 20th century. Though within thescientific community a certain stigma is attached to chance discoverybecause it is wrongly seen as pure luck, happy accidents happen every dayand Meyers shows how it takes intelligence, insight,