false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014119m/353340.jpg 353340 1 This is Morton Meyers' fascinating, entertaining, and highly accessible look at the surprising role serendipity played in some of the most important medical discoveries in the 20th century. Though within the scientific community a certain stigma is attached to chance discovery because it is wrongly seen as pure luck, happy accidents happen every day and Meyers shows how it takes intelligence, insight, and creativity to recognize a "Eureka! I found what I wasn't look for!" moment and know what to do next. Penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays, Valium, the Pap smear, and Viagra were all discovered accidentally, stumbled upon in search of something else. In discussing these medical breakthroughs and others, Dr. Meyers makes a cogent, highly engaging argument for a more creative, rather than purely linear, approach to science. 343551 9 3 2007 Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs total:15|5:2|4:9|3:4| 15 58 37 4 3 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Sep 25 18:21:53 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 18:23:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 02 19:13:50 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 11 22:48:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 true false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 22 15:13:45 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 16:36:24 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 05:54:52 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 05:55:40 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 19:32:05 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 19:32:05 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 14 04:39:57 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 09:08:34 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 04:39:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 00:20:31 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 00:20:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 28 17:09:29 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 17:09:30 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Apr 18 21:23:25 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 15:17:09 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 21:23:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 09 12:43:54 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 12:43:54 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 19:46:39 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 19:46:48 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 07 01:40:08 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 01:40:08 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 18 11:57:28 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 11:57:39 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Nov 13 11:39:40 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 11:39:40 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Sep 07 21:44:21 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 21:44:21 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Aug 29 10:22:56 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 10:22:56 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Aug 27 07:56:32 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 07:56:34 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Aug 06 17:21:12 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 17:21:12 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Nov 24 07:05:36 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 05 15:25:45 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 07:05:36 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jul 07 11:27:11 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 11:27:11 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=353340