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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 •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?
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The greatest science stories never told, Rick Beyer
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- Released
- 2009
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Rick Beyer
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 214
- ISBN10
- 0061626961
- ISBN13
- 9780061626968
- Series
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
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- 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 •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?