Bibliograph

Perkin's perfect purple, how a boy created color with chemistry, by Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn ; illustrated by Francesca Sanna

Type

Label

Perkin's perfect purple, how a boy created color with chemistry, by Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn ; illustrated by Francesca Sanna

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page [48])

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Perkin's perfect purple

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1143644989

Responsibility statement

by Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn ; illustrated by Francesca Sanna

Sub title

how a boy created color with chemistry

Summary

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.--, adapted from publisher description

Target audience

juvenile

Classification