Eureka!: The Surprising Stories Behind the Ideas That Shaped the World
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Eureka!: The Surprising Stories Behind the Ideas That Shaped the World
Book Details
- Author
- Marlene Wagman-Geller
- Publisher
- Tarcher
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Trivia
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780399535895
- ISBN-10
- 0399535896
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ISBN: 0399535896
Author: Wagman-Geller, Marlene
Condition: New
The fascinating inspirations behind common inventions and creations- from Barbie to Sweet and Low to Mt. Rushmore.The slinky was born aboard a World War II ship.The Barbie doll was inspired by a German sex toy.Weight Watchers began with a Jewish housewife in Queens, New York.Eureka! explores the fascinating stories behind these famous creations and many others-from blue jeans to the Taj Mahal to Mickey Mouse-detailing the relationships between inspirations and their inventors. Readers will delight in the intriguing-and sometimes surprising-origins behind the ideas that have shaped the world.
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