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Noble Obsession: Charles Goodyear, Thomas Hancock, and the Race to Unlock the Greatest Industrial Secret of the Nineteenth Century
Noble Obsession Charles Goodyear Thomas Hancock and the Race to Unlock the Greatest Industrial Secret of the Nineteenth Century
Author: Charles Slack
oble Obsession follows the life of Charles Goodyear, a single-minded genius who risked his own life and that of his family in a quest to unlock the secrets of rubber. In rich, historical detail, it chronicles the personal price Goodyear paid in pursuit of his dream and his bitter rivalry with Thomas Hancock, the scholarly English inventor who ul...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780786888566
ISBN-10: 0786888563
Publication Date: 8/13/2003
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Hyperion
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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