Happy Accidents

Author: Morton A. Meyers
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1559708190
Category: Medical

Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs

This is Morton Meyers' fascinating, entertaining, and highly accessible look at the surprising role serendipity played in some of the most important medical discoveries in the 20th century. Download Happy Accidents medical books for free.
Though within the scientific community a certain stigma is attached to chance discovery because it is wrongly seen as pure luck, happy accidents happen every day and Meyers shows how it takes intelligence, insight, and creativity to recognize a "Eureka! I found what I wasn't look for!" moment and know what to do next. Penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays, Valium, the Pap smear, and Viagra were all discovered accidentally, stumbled upon in search of something else. In discussing these medical breakthroughs and others, Dr. Meyers makes Get Happy Accidents our bestseller medical books.

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