Chase, Chance, and Creativity: The Lucky Art of Novelty Book

	List of Illustrations
	Preface to the MIT Press Edition
	Preface
	By Way of Introduction
Pt. I	The Meandering Chase	1
1	Of Nerves and Neurologists; Boston, 1950	3
2	Enlarged Nerves; Oakland, 1951	6
3	Metachromasia; New York City, 1953	8
4	Microscopic Studies; New York City, 1953	10
5	Sulfated Lipids; Portland, Oregon, 1955	15
6	Molecules and Meanderings, 1957	24
7	Controls and the Experimental Globoid Response, 1960	30
8	Enzymes and India, 1961, 1962-1963	36
9	Flashback; The Chase, 1942	42
10	Tom and Lafora Bodies, 1965	43
11	Finger Prints on the Window; Filling in the Hole	49
12	Overview: What Next? So What?	51
Pt. II	The Varieties of Chance	59
13	Chance and the Creative Adventure	61
14	On the Trail of Serendipity	63
15	The Kettering, Pasteur, and Disraeli Principles	70
16	Personal Encounters with Chance I-IV	77
17	The Spanish Connection	80
18	Altamirage	84
19	The Fleming Effect: Examples of Chance in Biology and Medicine	86
20	Never on Monday; The Unhappy Accidents	91
Pt. III	The Roots of Creativity	97
21	Some Dimensions of Creativity	99
22	The Creative Personality: Pro	104
23	The Creative Personality: Pro and Con	112
24	Motivations Underlying Creativity	118
25	Flashback: Life with Father, 1941	126
26	The Search for Novel Stimuli	129
27	Right Brain/Left Brain; One Brain	136
28	The Quest; The Quests	144
29	The Creative Setting	147
30	The Creative Prelude	159
31	Moments of Creative Inspiration	164
32	Follow Through; A More Personal View	168
33	All Quiet on the Eastern Front?	173
34	Prescription for Creativity	185
35	Summary	189
36	In Closing	190
	Suggested Further Reading	193
App. A	Condensed Plot of The Three Princes of Serendip	195
App. B	Examples of Chance III and IV in Biology and Medicine	200
App. C	Life in a Laboratory Examined	202
	Glossary	205
	Cast of Characters	211
	Permissions	217
	Notes	221
	Index	239