| ISBN |
9781368032841 (Hardcover) |
| Classification Number |
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 |
