Happy accidents
Subtitle: serendipity in modern medical breakthroughs
By: Morton Meyers.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Arcade Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9781559708197
Subjects: Medicine -- History; Medical innovations -- History; Medicine -- Research -- History; Discoveries in science; Serendipity
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.