Cures out of Chaos

This 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.

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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.