Happy Accidents

Author: Morton A. Meyers
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 155970845X
Category: Medical

Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs

What do penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays, antidepressants, and Viagra have in common? They were each discovered accidentally, found in the search for something else. Download Happy Accidents medical books for free.
Winston Churchill once said, AMen occasionally stumble across the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing has happened.A Happy accidents take place every day, but it requires intelligence, insight, and creativity to recognize a AEureka!A moment when it occurs, and to know what to do next.Drawing on personal experience, research, and interviews with winners of the Nobel Prize and other prestigious awards, Morton A. Meyers uncovers the surprising role of serendipity in four major fields of medical advancesAinfectious disease, cancer, heart di Get Happy Accidents our bestseller medical books.

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