When everything went wrong 10 real stories of inventors who didn't give up!
"Thomas Edison famously said, "I have not failed 10,000 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work." In this book, you will read about 10 invent...
| Main Authors: | Temporelli, Massimo (Author), Gozzi, Barbara (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Innocente, Agnese (Illustrator), Semple, Inga (Translator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Italian |
| Published: |
Kansas City, Missouri :
Andrews McMeel Publishing,
[2023]
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| Summary: |
"Thomas Edison famously said, "I have not failed 10,000 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work." In this book, you will read about 10 inventors and their inventions that stemmed from a mistake. Making mistakes doesn't mean you failed ... it means you made something totally new! Inventors included in this book are Thomas Edison, Jan Matzeliger, Guglielmo Marconi, Wilson Greatbatch, James Dyson, Margarete Steiff, Stephanie Louise Kwolek, Charles Goodyear, Percy Spencer, and John Stith Pemberton. Kids will love all the fun facts and true stories inside, told in both prose and comic form!"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
79 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781524880422 1524880426 |
| Author Notes: |
Barbara Gozzi is a senior editor and partner of the extremely skilled storytelling agency, Book on a Tree. Agnese Innocente has worked as a sole author on comic book re-adaptations of the great classics of childhood literature. For years she has collaborated with various realities in the USA, including the Disney Corporation as well as various Italian publishing houses. In 2021, she won the Andersen Prize for Best Comic Book. |