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When Everything Went Wrong : 10 Real Stories of Inventors Who Didn't Give Up!.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Temporelli, Max.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inventions.
- Inventors.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (80 p.) ill
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cork : Andrews McMeel, 2023.
- Summary:
- Did you know? Some of the worlds greatest inventions started off as failures! Inventions like Coca-Cola, shoes, and vacuum cleaners were actually mistakes. Told in a mixture of comic panels and prose, this gorgeous book shares the stories of 10 of these fabulous inventions.Thomas Edison famously said, "I have not failed once at making a light bulb, I have simply found ninety-nine ways of not making ones." In When Everything Went Wrong, readers will read about 10 inventors who persevered. Making mistakes doesnt mean you failed . . . its all part of the process!Inventors included in this book are:Thomas EdisonJan MatzeligerGuglielmo MarconiWilson GreatbachJames DysonMargarete SteiffStephanie Louis KwolekCharles GoodyearPercy SpencerJohn Stith PembertonKids will love all the fun facts and true stories in this book, told in both prose and comic form!
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5248-8846-X
- OCLC:
- 1530378989
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