Cures out of Chaos [Hardcover]

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.

1. Dyes and Destiny 2. A Lesson from The Wizard of Oz 3. Elegy for a Planet 4. Afflictions of Affluence 5. Too Much of a Good Thing 6. Foresight, Nearsight and Insight 7. Captain of the Men of Death 8. The Oxford Incidents 9. Orphans and Their Relatives 10. Janus and the Cancer Connection 11. Concept Out of Chaos 12. Bing, Bang and Levin and the Horseshoe Crab 13. Mighty like a Rose 14. Backyard Full of DiamondsThis book is an outcome of the fall conference on Proceedings of the New Advances in Flame Retardant Technology at Tucson, Arizona, in 1999. It discusses various advancements in flame retardants such as development of polymer layered-silicate nanocomposites, polyurethanes and its applications.USCopyright ? 1997 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) Amsterdam B.V. Published under license under the Harwood Academic Publishers imprint, part of The Gordon and Breach Publishing Group.