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Wyckoff, Edwin Brit.
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Kwolek, Stephanie, 1923-2014 -- Juvenile literature.
Industrial chemists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Ballistic fabrics -- Juvenile literature.
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Wyckoff, Edwin Brit.
Kwolek, Stephanie, 1923-2014 -- Juvenile literature.
Industrial chemists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Ballistic fabrics -- Juvenile literature.
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The woman who invented the thread that stops bullets : the genius of Stephanie Kwolek / by Edwin Brit Wyckoff.
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Wyckoff, Edwin Brit.
Enslow Elementary, c2014.
Call #:
660.092 K98w
Subjects
Kwolek, Stephanie, 1923-2014
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Industrial chemists
--
United States
--
Biography
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Inventors
--
United States
--
Biography
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Ballistic
fabrics
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Series
Genius inventors and their great ideas.
ISBN:
9781464402111 (pbk.)
1464402116 (pbk.)
Description:
48 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Previously published as: Stopping bullets with a thread : Stephanie Kwolek and her incredible invention in 2008.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The deadliest chase
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Designing fashions and fibers
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Challenging nature
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The cloudy outlook
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The survivors' club
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Timeline.
Summary:
Working as an industrial chemist, Stephanie Kwolek experimented with man-made fibers, trying to find one as strong as steel, untill she came upon one that became Kevlar, strong enough to stop bullets.
Audience:
Suggested for grades 3 to 5.
Genre:
Biography,
Juvenile
.
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Tantallon Public Library
Children's Nonfiction
660.092 K98w
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