![]() ![]() ![]() Perkin’s astonishing discovery, engagingly told in Mauve, had fundamental effects on the development of explosives, perfume, photography and modern medicine – effects that colour everything we see today. ![]() He is the author of an appealingly diverse and unpredictable canon of non-fiction, including the bestsellers Mauve, Just My Type and On The Map. ![]() It not only stormed the fashion houses of Paris and London, it earned Perkin a fortune and generated huge industries in the new science of applied chemistry. Simon Garfield was born in London in 1960. by Simon Garfield (Author) 'Garfields engaging story of William Perkins accidental discovery is an informative mix of science, history, and biography.'Boston Herald. Instead of artificial quinine he produced a dark oily sludge that, much to his surprise, turned silk a beautiful light purple. Perkin found mauve by chance, at the age of 18, working on a treatment for malaria. But in 1856 a chemist called William Perkin found a way of making colour from coal. Before 1856, artificial colour was derived with difficulty and at enormous expense from animals, minerals or plants. Author bio: Simon Garfield is the author of twelve acclaimed books of non-fiction including Mauve, The Error World and The Nations Favourite. Synopsis: Mauve is the beguiling story of a man who invented a colour, and in the process transformed the world around him. From the fetching ribbons soon tying back the hair on every fashionable head in London, to the laboratories in which scientists first scrutinized the human chromosome under the microscope, leading all the way to the development of modern vaccines against cancer and malaria, Simon Garfield's landmark work swirls together science and social. Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World by Simon Garfield ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |