Wallace Carothers Wallace Hume Carothers (/kəˈrʌðərz/; April 27, 1896 – April 29, 1937) was an American chemist, inventor and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, who was credited with the invention of nylon. Carothers had been troubled by periods of depression since his youth. Despite his success with nylon, he felt that he had not … [Read more...] about Wallace Carothers: Inventor of Nylon
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Bobbie the Wonder Dog
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