Leo Baekeland’s Plastic Reshaped The Modern World

Leo Baekeland is the most important inventor you never heard of. It is still used widely in everything from electronics to aerospace and led to the invention of other plastics. His father, a shoemaker, and his mother, a maid, were poor and illiterate but recognized Leo’s potential. Leo Baekeland’s Plastic Reshaped The Modern World

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