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Overview"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!" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Morton A MeyersPublisher: Skyhorse Publishing Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 15.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.485kg ISBN: 9781611451627ISBN 10: 1611451620 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 01 September 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsOriginal and highly enjoyable.--Robert Fuchgott, Nobel Laureate in Medicine Well-researched and well-documented . . . . Provides much food for thought. A character-rich account of the role of chance in scientific research . . . . Illuminating. Original and highly enjoyable. --Robert Fuchgott, Nobel Laureate in Medicine Original and highly enjoyable. --Robert Fuchgott, Nobel Laureate in Medicine A character-rich account of the role of chance in scientific research . . . . Illuminating. Well-researched and well-documented . . . . Provides much food for thought. Original and highly enjoyable.--Robert Fuchgott, Nobel Laureate in Medicine A character-rich account of the role of chance in scientific research . . . . Illuminating. Original and highly enjoyable. --Robert Fuchgott, Nobel Laureate in Medicine Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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