Explore some of the world’s greatest gadget disasters up close! Find out how each gadget failed, what went wrong with its design or manufacture, and what programmers learned from their mistakes.

Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan is an author and teacher from Pittsburgh, PA. She loves exploring history and science and has written over a dozen fiction and nonfiction books and graphic novels. Her books include The Science and Technology of Leonardo da Vinci and Animal Allies: 15 Amazing Women in Wildlife Research. Elizabeth lives with her family and pet schnoodle and loves board games, birding, and baking. She’s a lifelong runner and avid community scientist.