Free (Kindle) Einstein's Refrigerator by Steve Silverman

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Einstein's Refrigerator: And Other Stories from the Flip Side of History by Steve Silverman is free at the US Kindle store

Product Description
Steve Silverman was looking for a way to add some spice to his high school lectures when he realized that weird and bizarre true-life stories would capture his students' attention. In fact, they worked so well that the science teacher then began posting his discoveries to his own Web site, which he dubbed Useless Information. Well-researched and clearly sourced, Silverman's unusual tidbits have gained a wide following. In Einstein's Refridgerator, Silverman collects more than 30 of the most fascinating stories he has gathered - tales of forgotten genius, great blunders, and incredible feats of survival, as well as answers to puzzling questions. Einstein's Refridgerator is a remarkable book with spellbinding stories. Whatever happened to the refrigerator Einstein helped invent? While it never became a commercial success, its underlying concepts became the basis for cooling nuclear breeder reactors.

[pendragginp]

Interesting!

[crich70]

Originally Posted by pendragginp

Interesting!

I think it's interesting too. One surprise I found is that one of the stories (Pennies for College) is set in my hometown of Rochelle IL. Alas I missed the story at the time because it happened in 1987 and I moved with my family to another town in 1982. It makes a cute story though I think. Small world.

[ApK]

Sounds interesting. Also interesting is that this is the first contemporary Topaz format book I've encountered on Amazon.