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    Transportation Breakdowns: Learning from Bad Ideas
    Transportation Breakdowns: Learning from Bad Ideas
    Transportation Breakdowns: Learning from Bad Ideas
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    Transportation Breakdowns: Learning from Bad Ideas

    By Amie Jane Leavitt

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    See some of the world's fastest transportation breakdowns at lightning speed. Find out how each form of transportation failed, the basic engineering missed during construction, and what engineers learned from their mistakes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJul 1, 2021
    ISBN9781496693754
    Transportation Breakdowns: Learning from Bad Ideas
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    Amie Jane Leavitt

    Amie Jane Leavitt is an accomplished author and photographer who loves to travel the globe in search of interesting story ideas and beautiful places to capture in photos. Amie has written nearly 50 books for children. She graduated from Brigham Young University as an education major and has since taught all subjects and grade levels in both private and public schools. She also has contributed to online and print media, and has worked as a consultant, writer, and editor for numerous educational publishing and assessment companies.

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