Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs

by Morton Meyers
Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs
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13 ratings, 3.92 average rating, 4 reviews (more data...)
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March 9th 2007 by Arcade Publishing

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Hardcover, 408 pages

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1559708190    (isbn13: 9781559708197)

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This is Morton Meyers' fascinating, entertaining, and highly accessible look at the surprising role serendipity played in some of the most important...more




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Jen
09/25/07
Jen rated it: 3 of 5 stars

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Read in November, 2006
This was more a long book of information than I-can't-put-it-down-read. At times, it's interesting. At times, it's sort of boring, but it's an eye opening look at how accidents in the medical field can change the course of modern medicine. For example, penicillin was found by accident. The author also shows how the stict environment of medical research, and how big pharma, are leading to less medical breakthroughs and preventing researchers to follow up on those 'flukes' to find cures.
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Shoshanapnw
09/02/07
Shoshanapnw rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: 2007, medicine-medical
Meyers's contention is that scientific discoveries of the paradigm-shifting sort are not generally made by rote testing of compounds (for example), but by serendipitous accidents that are recognized as significant. His examples generally, though not always, support this position. It's clear from the degree to which he becomes exercised that cancer research was the impetous for this book.
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Joslynn
07/22/07
Joslynn rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in July, 2007
The stories behind the discoveries of the most influencial drug discoveries. The science is brief but it is an enjoyable read to non-science kids.
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Alvin
11/07/08
Alvin rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in November, 2008
An interesting book about medical research and discovery.
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