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

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ISBN: 9781524880422
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Language: English
Page Count: 80
Publication Date: 5/2/2023
Size: 9.25" l x 7.88" w x 0.50"
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Tweens Nonfiction Science & Technology
Tweens Nonfiction Science & Nature
Tweens Nonfiction History
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!

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