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. 1991 Oct;35(4):478.

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Fortune or failure: missed opportunities and chance discoveries in science

Reviewed by: Lewis Wolpert

Lewis Wolpert

¹University College London and Middlesex School of Medicine

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¹University College London and Middlesex School of Medicine

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