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Synopsis
Happy Accidents is a fascinating, entertaining, and highly accessible look at the surprising role serendipity has played in some of the most important medical discoveries in the twentieth century. What do penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays, Valium, the Pap smear, and Viagra have in common? They were each discovered accidentally, stumbled upon in the search for something else. In the 1990s, Pfizer had high hopes for a new drug that would boost blood flow to the heart. As they conducted trials on angina sufferers, researchers noted a startling effect: while the drug did not affect blood flow to the heart, it did affect blood flow elsewhere! Now over six million American men have taken Viagra in their lifetime.
Winston Churchill once said, Men occasionally stumble across the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing has happened.” Within the scientific community, a certain stigma is attached to chance discovery because it is wrongly seen as pure luck. Happy accidents certainly happen every day, but it takes intelligence, insight, and creativity to recognize a Eureka, I found what I wasn't looking for!” moment and know what to do next. In discussing medical breakthroughs, Dr. Morton Meyers makes a cogent, highly engaging argument for a more creative, rather than purely linear, approach to science. And it may just save our lives!
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About the Author
Morton Meyers, MD, is emeritus professor and chairman of radiology and emeritus professor of internal medicine at the School of Medicine of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook. He lives in East Setauket, New York.
Review
“A character-rich account of the role of chance in scientific research . . . . Illuminating.” (Kirkus Review)
“Well-researched and well-documented . . . . Provides much food for thought.” (New England Journal of Medicine)
“Original and highly enjoyable.” (Robert Fuchgott, Nobel Laureate in Medicine)
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- PublisherArcade
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1611451620
- ISBN 13 9781611451627
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages400
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