The Greatest Science Stories Never Told: 100 tales of invention and Discovery to astonish, bewilder and stupefy
Author(s): Rick Beyer
100 tales of invention and discovery to astonish, bewilder, & stupefy Meet the angry undertaker who gave us the push-button phone. Discover how modesty led to the invention of the stethoscope. Find out why Albert Einstein patented a refrigerator. Learn how a train full of trumpeters made science history.
Did you know about: The frustrated fashion designer who created the space suit? The gun-toting newspaperman who invented the parking meter? The midnight dreams that led to a Nobel Prize?
They're so good, you can't read just one!
Product Information
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General Fields
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- : 9010000000000420996
- : 9010000000000420996
- : 0.408
- : November 2009
- : 186mm X 184mm X 18mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Rick Beyer
- : Hardback
- : 500
- : 214
- : illustrations