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Description
Relates how English chemist William Perkin's accidental discovery of the color mauve--and a method to mass-produce it--created new interest in the industrial applications of chemistry research.
Books by Simon Garfield:
- The Error World (2008)
- Private Battles (2007)
- On the Map (2012)
- Just My Type (2011)
- To the Letter (2013)
- Mauve (2001)
- Exposure (2009)
