Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be

Type

Book

Authors

Charlotte Foltz Jones

ISBN 10

0385320434

ISBN 13

9780385320436

Tags

Literature & Fiction, Encyclopedias, Experiments & Projects, How Things Work, Inventions & Inventors, Children's, Technology, Categories

Description

Popsicles, potato chips, Silly Putty, Velcro, and many other familiar things have fascinating stories behind them. In fact, dozens of products and everyday items had surprisingly haphazard beginnings. Mistakes That Worked offers forty of these unusual tales, along with hilarious cartoons and weird and amazing facts. Readers will be surprised and inspired! - from Amzon

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