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Edison's Concrete Piano: Flying Tanks, Six-Nippled Sheep, Walk-on-Water Shoes, and 12 Other Flops from Great Inventors
By Judy Wearing
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By Judy Wearing
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Not even geniuses get it right the first time . . . An “entertaining” look at the failures of great inventors (Booklist)
From Alexander Graham Bell’s multi-nippled sheep to Leonardo da Vinci’s walk-on-water shoes, these ludicrous ideas and faulty designs will leave you with a smile on your face, and the reminder that even the very best of us make mistakes
To achieve great things, you have to be willing to take risks — and as Edison’s Concrete Piano reveals, some of the most famous names in ...
From Alexander Graham Bell’s multi-nippled sheep to Leonardo da Vinci’s walk-on-water shoes, these ludicrous ideas and faulty designs will leave you with a smile on your face, and the reminder that even the very best of us make mistakes
To achieve great things, you have to be willing to take risks — and as Edison’s Concrete Piano reveals, some of the most famous names in ...