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    Excimer laser radiation for endarterectomy of experimental atheromas
    with Y. Baribeau, Eugene J., T. T. Nhu, Y. Liaw, L. Yow, M. Hammer-Wilson, and M. W. Berns
    Open laser endarterectomy produces a smooth arterial surface with welded distal end points. This report evaluates 308-nm excimer laser radiation for the laser endarterectomy operation. Arteriosclerotic New Zealand white rabbits were studied. A thoraco-abdominal exploration was performed, the aorta was isolated, heparin was administered, and multiple endarterectomies were performed in each rabbit. A line of laser craters was created at the proximal and distal ends of an atheroma. Laser radiation …Read more
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    Comparison of contact and free beam laser endarterectomy
    with Y. Baribeau, Eugene J., M. Hammer-Wilson, and M. W. Berns
    Free beam laser endarterectomy and contact laser endarterectomy were compared in 15 arteriosclerotic New Zealand white rabbits. The rabbits underwent balloon catheter trauma to the thoracoabdominal aorta and were fed a 2% cholesterol diet for 18 weeks. Thoracoabdominal exploration was performed under general anesthesia and multiple endarterectomies were performed in each rabbit. Atheromas were dissected from arteries with laser radiation and end points were welded in place with laser radiation. …Read more
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    Failure: Why Science is so Successful
    Oxford University Press USA. 2015.
    "The pursuit of science by professional scientists every day bears less and less resemblance to the perception of science by the general public. It is not the rule-based, methodical system for accumulating facts that dominates the public view. Rather it is the idiosyncratic, often bumbling search for understanding in mostly uncharted places. It is full of wrong turns, cul-de-sacs, mistaken identities, false findings, errors of fact and judgment-and the occasional remarkable success. The widespre…Read more
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    Ignorance: How It Drives Science
    Oxford University Press. 2012.
    Machine generated contents note: -- Chapter 1. A Short View of Ignorance -- Chapter 2. Finding Out -- Chapter 3. Limits, Uncertainty, Impossibility, and Other Minor Problems -- Chapter 4. Unpredicting -- Chapter 5. The Quality of Ignorance -- Chapter 6. Ignorance in Action: Case Histories -- Chapter 7. Ignorance beyond the Lab.