Perkin's perfect purple : how a boy created color with chemistry
(2020)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
E/540.92/BROWN,T
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Los Angeles : Disney-Hyperion, 2020
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781368032841, 1368032842 :, 1368032842, 9781368032841
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Many years ago, the color purple was available only to a privileged few because the process was very complicated and expensive. Then in 1856, a boy named William Henry Perkin was testing a hypothesis about a cure for malaria and found that his experiment resulted in something else--something vivid and rare for the times: synthetic purple. Perkin, a pioneer of the modern scientific method, made numerous advances possible, including canned food and chemotherapy. But it was his creation of purple that started it all. This book is a joyous celebration of Perkin's impactful purple.--