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Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs
by Morton Meyers M.D.
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Published Jan 2009
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by Jerome Groopman
Published Mar 2008
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
Published Sep 2004
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by Sylvia Nasar
Published Dec 2001
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