A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Wallace Carothers
... The corporation patented it as "nylon" the following year. ... He had brought the world
not just nylon, but knowledge of natural polymers and how they are formed. ...
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A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: People
... Niels Bohr, atomic physicist. Wallace Carothers, inventor of nylon. Rachel Carson,
environmentalist. Ernst Chain, developer of penicillin. ...
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A Science Odyssey: Then+Now: Technology

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A Science Odyssey: Credits
... 1903 Wright brothers: Wright State University 1913 Assembly line: Corbis-Bettman
1920 KDKA: Corbis-Bettman 1935 Carothers invents nylon: Science Photo Library ...
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A Science Odyssey: About the TV Series: Highlights
... Radio. The 1939 World's Fair. Breaking the polymer barrier. Wallace Carothers
and nylon. The Whirlwind. NASA and the space race. ...
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A Science Odyssey: You Try It: Technology at Home

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A Science Odyssey: You Try It: Technology at Home

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