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

by Charlotte Foltz Jones

Other authorsJohn O'Brien (Illustrator)
Paperback, 1994

Collection

NonFiction

Status

Available

Call number

Dark Blue - Science & Technology

Barcode

34229000218904

Genres

Publication

Delacorte Press (1994), Edition: Reissue, 96 pages

Description

Presents the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, frisbees, silly putty, and velcro.

Subjects

Inventions
Inventions Juvenile literature

Language

English

Physical description

96 p.; 8.03 x 8 inches

Pages

96

ISBN

9780385320436

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