Cures Out of Chaos

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Summary

Shows how serendipity, intuition, or laboratory accidents have played important roles in major scientific discoveries.

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Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Dyes and Destiny	p. 1
A Lesson from "The Wizard of Oz"	p. 43
Elegy for a Planet	p. 71
Afflictions of Affluence	p. 89
Too Much of a Good Thing	p. 109
Foresight, Nearsight and Insight	p. 133
Captain of the Men of Death	p. 153
The Oxford Incidents	p. 177
Orphans and Their Relatives	p. 225
Janus and the Cancer Connection	p. 271
Concept Out of Chaos	p. 295
Bing, Bang and Levin and the Horseshoe Crab	p. 327
"Mighty Like a Rose"	p. 349
Backyard Full of Diamonds	p. 375
Sources and References	p. 395
Index	p. 415
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