When Everything Went Wrong

£6.99

When Everything Went Wrong

10 Real Stories of Inventors Who Didn't Give Up!

Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology

Authors: Max Temporelli, Barbara Gozzi

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Language: English

Published by: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published on: 2nd May 2023

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 80 pages

ISBN: 9781524888466


Did you know? Some of the world's 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 doesn’t mean you failed . . . it’s all part of the process!

Inventors included in this book are:

  • Thomas Edison
  • Jan Matzeliger
  • Guglielmo Marconi
  • Wilson Greatbach
  • James Dyson
  • Margarete Steiff
  • Stephanie Louis Kwolek
  • Charles Goodyear
  • John Stith Pemberton

Kids will love all the fun facts and true stories in this book, told in both prose and comic form!

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