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Mauve: How One Man Invented A Colour That Changed The World
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 Local Description2001. A near fine copy only marked by light tanning of the pages. DescriptionAn artificial dye, mauve, was discovered by a 19th-century chemist called William Perkin while searching for a synthetic alternative to natural quinine. This book examines how the different worlds of fashion, industry, business, chemistry and medicine were transformed by a single colour. Reviews'This remarkable book about how the colour was discovered opened my eyes... Garfield's study is far more than a social history of fashion. It is a book about science which also happens to be a miniature work of art.' Daily Telegraph Author descriptionSimon Garfield was born in 1960. He is the author of Expensive Habits: The Dark Side of the Industry (1986). The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS (1994). are The Nation's Favourite: The True Adventures of Radio 1 (1998). |
