Splendidly unreasonable inventors : the lives, loves and deaths of 30 pioneers who changed the world / Jeremy Coller with Christine Chamberlain.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : Overlook Press, c2009.
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CCQ - Lusail Female Library
T15
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CCQ - Lusail Male Library
T15
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Description
viii, 214 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-209) and index.
Contents
King Camp Gilette: that one big idea -- Chester Carlson: one big chance -- Isaac Merritt Singer: a toad in his time -- Kokichi Mikimoto: pearls of wisdom -- John Stith Pemberton: the gift of addiction -- Alfred Bernhard Nobel: Mr. Dynamite -- Sa