How to Become an Accidental Genius
How to Become an Accidental Genius
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Author(s): MacLeod, Elizabeth
Wishinsky, Frieda
ISBN No.: 9781459816763
Pages: 128
Year: 201904
Format: Picture Book
Price: $ 34.43
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: DON'T BE AFRAID TO TRY From Shellac to Sensational: Plastic, 1909 (Dr. Leo Hendrik Baekeland) Unbreakable: Kevlar, 1971 (Stephanie Kwolek) Blow Up: Smart Dust, 2003 (Jamie Link) CHAPTER TWO: GET KNOWLEDGE AND USE IT The Maid Did It: Classifying Stars, 1890 (Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming) Amazing Radiation: X-Rays, 1895 (Dr. Wilhelm Röntgen) Keep That Beat Going: Pacemakers, 1949 (Dr. Wilfred G. Bigelow and Dr. John C. Callaghan) CHAPTER THREE: PAY ATTENTION Clean Sweep: Windshield Wipers, 1903 (Mary Anderson) Nuts to You: Plenty of Peanut Products, 1910s (George Washington Carver) The Accident That Still Saves Millions: Penicillin, 1928 (Sir Alexander Fleming) CHAPTER FOUR: MAKE CONNECTIONS It Makes Sense: Folding Beds, 1885 (Sarah E. Goode) A Walk in the Woods: Velcro, 1941 (George de Mestral) Hot Pockets: Microwaves, 1945 (Percy Spencer) CHAPTER FIVE: RECOGNIZE THAT IT TAKES TIME Remember the Ice: Popsicles, 1905 (Frank Epperson) Night After Night: High-Dose Radiation, 1949 (Dr.


Vera Peters) Stick to It: Post-it Notes, 1980 (Dr. Spencer Silver and Art Fry) CHAPTER SIX: BE PERSISTENT Bounce! Bounce! Bounce!: Trampolines, 1936 (George Nissen) Light Bender: Fiber Optics, 1954 (Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany) It Is Rocket Science: Rocket Fuel, 1957 (Mary Sherman Morgan) CHAPTER SEVEN: RECOGNIZE THAT FAILURE IS PART OF THE PROCESS It's in the Bag: Flat-Bottom Paper Bags, 1871 (Margaret Knight) Flaky Inventors: Kellogg's Corn Flakes, 1894 (Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and Will Keith "W.K." Kellogg) Zoom!: The Razor Scooter, 1998 (Gino Tsai) CHAPTER EIGHT: DON'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS No Stick: Teflon, 1938 (Dr. Roy J. Plunkett) Code Words: COBOL, 1952 (Dr.


Grace Hopper) See Ya!: Laser Cataract Treatment, 1986 (Dr. Patricia Bath) CHAPTER NINE: BE OPEN TO POSSIBILITIES A Glob of Goo: Friction Matches, 1826 (John Walker) Original Babysitter Updated: Jolly Jumper, 1910 (Susan Olivia Poole) It Started with Potatoes: Television, 1927 (Philo Farnsworth) CHAPTER TEN: BELIEVE IN YOURSELF Look What I Found: Discovering Fossils, 1811 (Mary Anning) Star Inventor: Decoding in the War, 1942 (Hedy Lamarr) Try This: Electronic Feeding Device, 1951 (Bessie Blount Griffin) CHAPTER ELEVEN: ACCIDENTAL GENIUSES--A NEW GENERATION Magnet Magic: Self-Separating Recycling Bin, 2014 (Asuka Kamiya) Algae Mobile: EcoTube, 2008 (Param Jaggi) Clean Up That Oily Goop: Tailings Filter, 2014 (Hayley Todesco) GLOSSARY RESOURCES INDEX PHOTO CREDITS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.


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