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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Wyckoff, Edwin Brit.     Subjects     Kwolek, Stephanie, 1923-2014 -- Juvenile literature.     Industrial chemists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Ballistic fabrics -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Wyckoff, Edwin Brit.       by title:      The woman who invent...       by call number:      660.092 K98w     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

The woman who invented the thread that stops bullets : the genius of Stephanie Kwolek / by Edwin Brit Wyckoff. by 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 -- Designing fashions and fibers -- Challenging nature -- The cloudy outlook -- The survivors' club -- 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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Tantallon Public Library Children's Nonfiction 660.092 K98w Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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