Barmy Biogs: Bonkers Boffins, Inventors & other Eccentric Eggheads

Barmy Biogs: Bonkers Boffins, Inventors & other Eccentric Eggheads
ISBN-10
0750283912
ISBN-13
9780750283915
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
96
Language
English
Published
2017-08-01
Publisher
Wayland
Author
Paul Mason

Description

Find out which world-famous inventor's last breath has been captured in a test tube, which boffin loved nothing more than a roasted armadillo for lunch, and which scientist fell in love with a pigeon. The books in the Barmy Biogs series are full of the facts that history books don't mention about some of the most famously crackpot characters in world history! Read them and history will never be the same again... Other titles in the series: Crackpot Kings, Queens & other Daft Royals Dastardly Dictators, Rulers & other Loony Leaders Potty Painters, Writers & other Barmy Artists

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