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Tables of Contents for Chase, Chance, and Creativity
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Way of Introduction
xv
Part I. The Meandering Chase
Of Nerves and Neurologists; Boston, 1950
3
3
Enlarged Nerves; Oakland, 1951
6
2
Metachromasia; New York City, 1953
8
2
Microscopic Studies; New York City, 1953
10
6
Sulfated Lipids; Portland, Oregon, 1955
16
9
Molecules and Meanderings, 1957
25
6
Controls and the Experimental Globoid Response, 1960
31
7
Enzymes and India, 1961, 1962-1963
38
6
Flashback; The Chase, 1942
44
1
Tom and Lafora Bodies, 1965
45
7
Fingerprints on the Window; Filling in the Hole
52
2
Overview: What Next? So What?
54
9
Part II. The Varieties of Chance
Chance and The Creative Adventure
63
3
On the Trail of Serendipity
66
6
The Kettering, Pasteur, and Disraeli Principles
72
7
Personal Encounters with Chance I-IV
79
3
The Spanish Connection
82
4
Altamirage
86
2
The Fleming Effect; Examples of Chance in Biology and Medicine
88
6
Never on Monday; The Unhappy Accidents
94
5
Part III. The Roots of Creativity
Some Dimensions of Creativity
99
5
The Creative Personality; Pro
104
8
The Creative Personality; Pro and Con
112
7
Motivations Underlying Creativity
119
7
Flashback, Life With Father, 1941
126
4
The Search for Novel Stimuli
130
7
Eyes Left---Eyes Right!
137
7
The Quest
144
3
The Creative Setting
147
11
The Creative Prelude
158
5
Moments of Creative Inspiration
163
4
Follow Through, A More Personal View
167
5
All Quiet on the Eastern Front?
172
13
Prescription for Creativity
185
4
Summary
189
2
In Closing
191
2
Suggested Further Reading
193
2
Appendix A: Condensed Plot of The Three Princes of Serendip
195
Appendix B: Examples of Chance III and IV in Biology and Medicine
20
183
Appendix C: Life in a Laboratory Examined
203
2
Glossary
205
6
Cast of Characters
211
4
Permissions
215
2
Notes
217
18
Index
235