Stopping Bullets with a Thread: Stephanie Kwolek and Her Incredible Invention

By Edwin Brit Wyckoff

Book Overview

Stephanie Louise Kwolek is an American chemist who invented poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide, better known as Kevlar. She was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of New Kensington, Pennsylvania. In 1964,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076602850X
• ISBN13: 9780766028500
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.5" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5