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Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
Mauve How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
Author: Simon Garfield
An 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.
ISBN-13: 9780571201976
ISBN-10: 0571201970
Publication Date: 9/4/2000
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Faber and Faber
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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