100 tales of invention and discovery to astonish, bewilder, & stupefy

• Meet the angry undertaker who gave us the push-button phone.
• Discover how modesty led to the invention of the stethoscope.
• Find out why Albert Einstein patented a refrigerator.
• Learn how a train full of trumpeters made science history.

Did you know about:

• The frustrated fashion designer who created the space suit?
• The gun-toting newspaperman who invented the parking meter?
• The midnight dreams that led to a Nobel Prize?

They're so good, you can't read just one!