The Greatest Science Stories Never Told: 100 tales of invention and discovery to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy


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By: Rick Beyer

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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 invention of the stethoscope.
  • 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?

They're so good, you can't read just one!

Product Details

Hardcover: 224 pages

Publisher: Harper (2009-11-03)

Dimensions (H L W): 100 x 720 x 710

ISBN: 0061626961

EAN: 9780061626968