Most of us remembernbeing told by ournteachers that modernnscience andnmedicine are thenproducts of seriousnefforts by researchers,ncollaboratingnto link disparatenfacts into a chainnof indisputablenlogic. But it does not takenlong for anyone working in these fields to realizenthat progress is a fluke and typicallyncomes at great personal expense. It oftennrequires seemingly superhuman feats ofndaring, not the least of which is the willingnessnto make that “career-limiting move” fornthe sake of an ideal. It is examples of this spiritnthat Julie Fenster chronicles in her latestnbook, Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine.
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