Accidental Genius

by Richard Gaughan

It's about how people in history (most often scientists) were faced with failed experiments or mistakes but instead of discounting the results would see what they could do with the new result.

The first part reads like a pre-high schooler book and the information was often too brief. The later (more recent) discoveries were much more thorough.

They used two print types that are too small and one of them is just difficult to read. Bad choices.