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Can I read Mistakes That Worked : 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be on EtoBox?
Mistakes That Worked : 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be by Charlotte Foltz Jones is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Mistakes That Worked : 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be about?
Popsicles, potato chips, Silly Putty, Velcro, and many other familiar things have fascinating stories behind them. In fact, dozens of products and everyday items had surprisingly haphazard beginnings. Mistakes That Worked offers forty of these unusual tales, along with hilarious cartoons and weird and amazing facts. Readers will be surprised and inspired!
Who reads Mistakes That Worked : 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Charlotte Foltz Jones
- Publisher
- New York, NY: Delacorte Press
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780399552038
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Education, Technology
- Rating
- 4.02 / 5 (355 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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