Why Didn't I Think of That?: Bizarre Origins of Ingenious Inventions We Couldn't Live Without Paperback - 1997 - 1st Edition
by Allyn Freeman; Bob Golden
Insightful, detailed, and always quirky, "Ingenious Inventions" chronicles the odd origins of famous products, explores how these inventions changed our lives, and reveals the business side of their production and distribution. Readers meet inventors from all walks of life striking it rich with unlikely contraptions. Illustrated.
From the rear cover
Ben & Jerry originally wanted to start a bagel business, but they couldn't afford the bagel-making machine?
* The Slinky(r) toy was born aboard a World War II battleship?
* Band-Aids(r) were invented by a husband to help his accident-prone wife dress her own cuts and bruises at home?
* The idea for Velcro(r) came from cockleburs that got stuck on an engineer's wool trousers and in his dog's fur?
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- Title Why Didn't I Think of That?: Bizarre Origins of Ingenious Inventions We Couldn't Live Without
- Author Allyn Freeman; Bob Golden
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley, New York
- Date 1997-09-25
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780471165118 / 0471165115
- Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 10.94 x 8.18 x 0.59 in (27.79 x 20.78 x 1.50 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Inventions - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97-7700
- Dewey Decimal Code 608
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