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Leo Baekeland, The Father of Plastics

Leo Baekeland, The Father of Plastics

Stuff You Missed in History Class

February 18, 201526m 43s

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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.

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