Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: George Washington Carver, Mary G. Enig, Samuel Cate Prescott, Eben Norton Horsford, Khem Shahani, Samuel Abraham Goldblith, Clarence Birdseye, Bernard E. Proctor, Nathan Pritikin, Daryl B. Lund, Maynard A. Joslyn, Robert V. Decareau, Dennis R. Heldman, George F. Stewart, Gordie C. Hanna, William Lyman Underwood, Charles J. Bates, Emil M. Mrak, Eric Ding, Susan Lynn Hefle, Ernest J. Briskey, William Vere Cruess, Alan Geisler, Carl R. Fellers, Bernard J. Liska, Robert C. Baker, Robert E. Berry, Philip E. Nelson, Stephen S. Chang, C. Olin Ball, Aaron E. Wasserman, Guy Livingston, John J. Powers, Herb Peterson, Arthur C. Dahlberg, Myron Solberg, Nevin S. Scrimshaw, Chi-Tang Ho, Zoltan I. Kertesz, Charles A. Becker, Fred W. Tanner, Bor S. Luh, Walter M. Urbain, G. Malcolm Trout, Keith H. Steinkraus, Fred C. Blanck, Bernard L. Oser, Alina Surmacka Szczesniak, Rose Marie Pangborn, Gebisa Ejeta, George J. Hucker, James Maryanski, Benjamin A. Borenstein, Roy C. Newton, Ernest H. Wiegand, Martin S. Peterson, C. D. Atkins, Louis G. MacDowell, Edwin L. Moore. Excerpt: George Washington Carver (January 1864 - January 5, 1943), was an American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor. The exact day and year of his birth are unknown; he is believed to have been born into slavery in Missouri in January of 1864. Carver's reputation is based on his research into and promotion of alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes, which also aided nutrition for farm families. He wanted poor farmers to grow alternative crops both as a source of their own food and as a source of other products to improve their quality of life. The most popular of his 44 practical bulletins for farmers contained 105 food recipes using peanuts. He also developed and promoted about 100 products made from peanuts that were useful f...