Apply for an Identification (ID) Card. To apply for your first Texas ID card, you must do the following: 1  Gather documents that verify your identity, U.S. citizenship or lawful presence status, Social Security Number and Texas residency. 2  Complete the application.
Mechanical engineer Richard James invented the Slinky by accident. In 1943, he was working to devise springs that could keep sensitive ship equipment steady at sea. After accidentally knocking some samples off a shelf, he watched in amazement as they gracefully âwalkedâ down instead of falling.
The world's first fully synthetic plastic was bakelite, invented in New York in 1907 by Leo Baekeland who coined the term 'plastics'. Many chemists have contributed to the materials science of plastics, including Nobel laureate Hermann Staudinger who has been called the father of polymer chemistry and Herman Mark, known as the father of polymer physics.