Cures out of Chaos

Download or read book Cures out of Chaos written by Daniel K. Podolsky and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-02-17 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume describes important medical discoveries, from the introduction of the first antibiotic to the present, where serendipity, intuition, coincidence, or laboratory accident played an important role in bringing a discovery to light. Although chance is the principal determinant, the book emphasizes other factors, such as economic and political exigencies and being in the right place at the right time.