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      When Everything Went Wrong: 10 Real Stories of Inventors Who Didn’t Give Up!

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      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.<b...

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      Product ID:9781524880422
      Product Form:Hardback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:When Everything Went Wrong
      Subtitle:10 Real Stories of Inventors Who Didn't Give Up!
      Authors:Author: Barbara Gozzi, Agnese Innocente, Max Temporelli
      Page Count:80
      Subjects:Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology, Science & technology: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      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.
      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
      • Percy Spencer
      • John Stith Pemberton
      Kids will love all the fun facts and true stories in this book, told in both prose and comic form!
      Imprint Name:Andrews McMeel Publishing
      Publisher Name:Andrews McMeel Publishing
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2023-07-06

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      Weight458 g
      Dimensions198 × 237 × 15 mm