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Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be Paperback - 1994
by Charlotte Foltz Jones; John O'Brien (Illustrator)
From Frisbees to X-Rays, Post-It Notes to penicillin, here are the fascinating stories behind the accidental inventions of 40 things, including Coca-Cola, potato chips, Silly Putty, the Slinky, and many other familiar items. An IRA/CBC Children's Choice. 40 full-color cartoons.
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Many cooks admit their favorite recipes were the result of accidents.
From the jacket flap
Piggy banks, silly putty, potato chips and frisbees are all things that were invented by mistake.
Includes a bibliography. An IRA-CBC Children's Choice.
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- Title Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be
- Author Charlotte Foltz Jones; John O'Brien (Illustrator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 96
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Delacorte Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1994-05-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780385320436 / 0385320434
- Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.06 x 8.01 x 0.34 in (20.47 x 20.35 x 0.86 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 1040
- Library of Congress subjects Discoveries in science, Inventions
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 89037408
- Dewey Decimal Code 609
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Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 05/16/1994, Page 0
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