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CHAPTER SEVEN: RECOGNIZE THAT FAILURE IS PART OF THE PROCESS / 69
It’s in the Bag: Flat-Bottom Paper Bags, 1871 (Margaret Knight) / 70
Flaky Inventors: Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, 1894 (John Harvey Kellogg and
Will Keith “W.K.” Kellogg) / 73
Zoom!: The Razor Scooter, 1998 (Gino Tsai) / 76

CHAPTER EIGHT: DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS / 79
No Stick: Tefl on, 1938 (Roy J. Plunkett) / 80
Code Words: COBOL, 1952 (Grace Hopper) / 83
See Ya!: Laser Cataract Treatment, 1986 (Patricia Bath) / 86

CHAPTER NINE: BE OPEN TO POSSIBILITIES / 89
A Glob of Goo: Friction Matches, 1826 (John Walker) / 90
Original Babysitter Updated: Jolly Jumper, 1910 (Susan Olivia Poole) / 92
It Started with Potatoes: Television, 1927 (Philo Farnsworth) / 94

CHAPTER TEN: BELIEVE IN YOURSELF / 97
Look What I Found: Discovering Fossils, 1809-1811 (Mary Anning) / 98
Star Inventor: Decoding in the War, 1942 (Hedy Lamarr) / 102
Try This: Electronic Feeding Device, 1951 (Bessie Blount Gri n) / 106

CHAPTER ELEVEN: ACCIDENTAL GENIUSES—A NEW GENERATION / 109
Magnet Magic: Self-Separating Recycling Bin, 2014 (Asuka Kamiya) / 110
Algae Mobile: EcoTube, 2008 (Param Jaggi) / 113
Clean Up That Oily Goop: Tailings Filter, 2014 (Hayley Todesco) / 116

GLOSSARY / 120
RESOURCES / 122
PHOTO CREDITS / 123
INDEX / 124

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