Brilliant Ideas From Wonderful Women: 15 incredible inventions from inspiring women!

by Aitziber Lopez

Hardcover, 2019

Status

Available

Publication

Wide Eyed Editions (2019), 32 pages

Description

Introduces the women who invented automobile heating, Monopoly, dishwashers, syringes, and other articles, and explains the reaction in their day and how their ideas lie behind successful current devices even when they were ahead of their times.

Rating

½ (3 ratings; 4.7)

User reviews

LibraryThing member LibrarianRyan
Did you know the idea for the Monopoly board game came from a woman? Neither did I. Elizabeth Magie Phillips is just on woman in the pages of this book. How about protecting our “boys in blue”, yep thinks to a female scientist and her invention of Kevlar. Overall, i love this book and can not
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wait to add it to the collection. However my copy was a galley and has quite a few mistakes and dropped lines. If that is fixed this is a 5 star book. If it’s not it’s 2 star.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

32 p.; 12.25 inches

ISBN

178603705X / 9781786037053
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