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The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History's Biggest Mistakes
Thomas Midgley Jr. from Columbus invented both leaded gasoline and Freon. There may be no other single person in history who did as much damage to human health and the planet, all with the best of intentions.
The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History's Biggest Mistakes
Thomas Midgley Jr. from Columbus invented both leaded gasoline and Freon. There may be no other single person in history who did as much damage to human health and the planet, all with the best of intentions.
Manchester returns in memory to the battle of Okinawa, where he was wounded as a young Marine, and asks why he cannot hate the Japanese — and what the Pacific War made of him and his generation.
