num_pages: 408
description: An entertaining and accessible look at the role of serendipity in major medical and scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century explains how chance and lucky accidents led to the discovery of such medical advances as penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays, Valium, the Pap smear, and Viagra.
language: English
title: Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs
titlecomplete: Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs
genres: History Of Medicine, Medical, History, Science, Technology, Health, Health Care, Business, Medicine, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 353
publisher: Arcade Publishing