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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Wallace H. Carothers

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS site offers a very good biography of Carothers.
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Website
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Wallace Carothers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology contains information on Wallace Hume Carothers and his invention of nylon.
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Handout
Other

Chemical Heritage Foundation: Wallace Hume Carothers

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents informaiton about the life and scientific work of Wallace Hume Carothers, and how nylon was utilized in World War II.