Oops! it's plastic! /
Manchester, Meta,
Oops! it's plastic! / Oops! It is plastic It's plastic Meta Manchester. - First edition. - 32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. - Accidental scientific discoveries that changed the world . - Accidental scientific discoveries that changed the world. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Plastic all around us -- What is plastic? -- Life before plastic -- Brilliant Bakelite -- Creating polyethylene -- Plastic improvements -- Plastic problems -- A world full of plastic -- Glossary.
"How many items can you think of that are made of plastic? Probably quite a few! It might be hard to imagine a world without plastic, but until about 100 years ago, plastic as we know it today didn't exist! The word "plastic" wasn't even used until the 1920s! In this volume, readers learn how many types of plastic were invented accidentally by scientists who were trying to make something else. In accessible, fun content, it describes how these discoveries were made and how they would go on to change the world in ways both big and small."--
9781538239940 1538239949 9781538239964 1538239965
2018050183
Plastics--Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in science--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
Oops! it's plastic! / Oops! It is plastic It's plastic Meta Manchester. - First edition. - 32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. - Accidental scientific discoveries that changed the world . - Accidental scientific discoveries that changed the world. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Plastic all around us -- What is plastic? -- Life before plastic -- Brilliant Bakelite -- Creating polyethylene -- Plastic improvements -- Plastic problems -- A world full of plastic -- Glossary.
"How many items can you think of that are made of plastic? Probably quite a few! It might be hard to imagine a world without plastic, but until about 100 years ago, plastic as we know it today didn't exist! The word "plastic" wasn't even used until the 1920s! In this volume, readers learn how many types of plastic were invented accidentally by scientists who were trying to make something else. In accessible, fun content, it describes how these discoveries were made and how they would go on to change the world in ways both big and small."--
9781538239940 1538239949 9781538239964 1538239965
2018050183
Plastics--Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in science--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.