Leo Baekeland, The Father of Plastics

Stuff You Missed in History Class

• Episode: Leo Baekeland, The Father of Plastics
• Website: Stuff You Missed in History Class
• Feed URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class.rss
• Duration: 00:30:12
• Published: 2015-02-18 18:36

Dr. Leo Baekeland, the inventor of the first synthetic plastic, was a wealthy man at a young age thanks to his innovation in photograph developing. But it was his work with phenol and formaldehyde that would help usher in the age of plastics. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com