The greatest science stories never told : 100 tales of invention and discovery to astonish, bewilder, & stupefy / by Rick Beyer.
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TextPublication details: [New York] : Harper, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 214 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cmISBN: - 0061626961
- 9780061626968
- At head of title: History presents--
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Rick Beyer, the author of the acclaimed History Channel® series The Greatest Stories Never Told, returns with new historic tales, this time focusing on amazing stories of invention and discovery, in The Greatest Science Stories Never Told
Illustrated with photographs from around the globe, The Greatest Science Stories Never Told tells of inventors both famous and forgotten, and zeroes in on eureka! moments in science and history that changed our world forever.
Some personalities and topics featured include:
Galileo; Benjamin Thompson, the most amazing American scientist you've never heard of; Charles Ferris, who dreamt up the Ferris Wheel in 1893; Gillette, the utopian dreamer who changed the way we shave; Albert Einstein--you know about his theory of relativity but what about the Fridge he invented; Wilhelm Röntgen, who was expelled from high school and failed his college entrance exam but later won a Nobel prize for accidentally discovering x-rays; and many more!
Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-[209]).