Mistakes That Worked

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Mistakes That Worked

Author	: Charlotte Foltz Jones
File Size	: 48,9 Mb
Publisher	: Delacorte Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 11 October 2016
ISBN	: 9780399552038
Pages	: 96 pages

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Mistakes That Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones Book PDF Summary

Popsicles, potato chips, Silly Putty, Velcro, and many other familiar things have fascinating stories behind them. In fact, dozens of products and everyday items had surprisingly haphazard beginnings. Mistakes That Worked offers forty of these unusual tales, along with hilarious cartoons and weird and amazing facts. Readers will be surprised and inspired!

Mistakes That Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones

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Mistakes That Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones

The greatest discoveries are made outside the classroom! Learn all about mistakes that changed the world with this collection of the strange stories behind everyday inventions! It's no accident that you'll love this book! SANDWICHES came about when an English earl was too busy gambling to eat his meal and

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High-achieving women share their worst mistakes at work—and how learning from them paved the way to success. Named by Fast Company as a "Top 10 Book You Need to Read This Year" In Mistakes I Made at Work, a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Business Book for Spring 2014, Jessica Bacal interviews twenty-five

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Protect and grow your finances with help from this definitive and practical guide to behavioral economics—revised and updated to reflect new economic realities. In their fascinating investigation of the ways we handle money, Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich reveal the psychological forces—the patterns of thinking and decision making—

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