ISBN |
9781368032841 (Hardcover) |
Classification Number |
HTW J547.86 BRO |
Author |
Brown, Tami Lewis |
Title |
Perkin's perfect purple : how a boy created color with chemistry [BK] |
Edition |
First edition. |
Physical Description |
colour illustrations ; |
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. |
Classification |
5-9 years. |
Perkin, William Henry, -- Sir,1838-1907 |
Perkin, William Henry, -- Sir,1838-1907 |
Perkin, William Henry, -- Sir,1838-1907 |
Perkin, William Henry, -- Sir,1838-1907 |
Subject |
Biographies |
Chemists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature |
Purple -- Juvenile literature |
Dyes and dyeing -- Juvenile literature |
Science -- Methodology -- Juvenile literature |
Dyes and dyeing -- Chemistry |
Chemists -- England -- Biography |
Purple |
Sciences -- Méthodologie -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse |
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Science & Nature -- Chemistry |
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology |
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Concepts -- Colors |
Chemists |
England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature |
England -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature |
England -- Social life and customs |
Additional Author |
Dunn, Debbie Loren |
Sanna, Francesca |