The Greatest Science Stories Never Told: 100 tales of invention and discovery to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy

Rick Beyer, the author of the acclaimed History Channel® series The Greatest Stories Never Told, returns with new historic tales, this time focusing on amazing stories of invention and discovery, in The Greatest Science Stories Never Told

Illustrated with photographs from around the globe, The Greatest Science Stories Never Told tells of inventors both famous and forgotten, and zeroes in on eureka! moments in science and history that changed our world forever.

Some personalities and topics featured include:

Galileo; Benjamin Thompson, the most amazing American scientist you’ve never heard of; Charles Ferris, who dreamt up the Ferris Wheel in 1893; Gillette, the utopian dreamer who changed the way we shave; Albert Einstein—you know about his theory of relativity but what about the Fridge he invented; Wilhelm Röntgen, who was expelled from high school and failed his college entrance exam but later won a Nobel prize for accidentally discovering x-rays; and many more!

100 tales of invention and discovery to astonish, bewilder, & stupefy

• Meet the angry undertaker who gave us the push-button phone.
• Discover how modesty led to the invention of the stethoscope.
• Find out why Albert Einstein patented a refrigerator.
• Learn how a train full of trumpeters made science history.

Did you know about:

• The frustrated fashion designer who created the space suit?
• The gun-toting newspaperman who invented the parking meter?
• The midnight dreams that led to a Nobel Prize?

They're so good, you can't read just one!

“Full of tasty morsels…A delightful book to arm one for the next dull cocktail party.” - Chicago Tribune

“100 stories you haven’t heard will delight in knowing.…Lively, offbeat and surprising in quick-hit snippets.” - Denver Rocky Mountain News

“Surprising…the essentials of fascinating stories are here.” - Dallas Morning News

“History like you’ve never read it before…Amusing.” - The Tennessean