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Perkin's perfect purple, how a boy created color with chemistry, by Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn ; illustrated by Francesca Sanna

eng

Includes bibliographical references (page [48])

Perkin's perfect purple

1143644989

by Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn ; illustrated by Francesca Sanna

how a boy created color with chemistry

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.--, adapted from publisher description