Perkin's perfect purple : how a boy created color with chemistry /
Brown, Tami Lewis,
Perkin's perfect purple : how a boy created color with chemistry / by Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn ; illustrated by Francesca Sanna. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page [48]).
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.--
9781368032841 1368032842
2019945904
Perkin, William Henry, Sir, 1838-1907 --Juvenile literature.
Chemists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Purple--Juvenile literature.
Dyes and dyeing--Juvenile literature.
Science--Methodology--Juvenile literature.
England--Social life and customs--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.
Perkin's perfect purple : how a boy created color with chemistry / by Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn ; illustrated by Francesca Sanna. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page [48]).
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.--
9781368032841 1368032842
2019945904
Perkin, William Henry, Sir, 1838-1907 --Juvenile literature.
Chemists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Purple--Juvenile literature.
Dyes and dyeing--Juvenile literature.
Science--Methodology--Juvenile literature.
England--Social life and customs--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.