Happy accidents : serendipity in modern medical breakthroughs /
Morton Meyers.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Arcade Pub., c2007.
- xiv, 390 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A look at the role of serendipity in major medical and scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century explains how chance led to the discovery of such medical advances as penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays, Valium, and Viagra
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Medicine--History. Medical innovations--History. Medicine--Research--History. Discoveries in science. Serendipity.