Mauve : How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World

Mauve : How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World by Garfield, Simon. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780571209170.

In his bestselling and widely praised Mauve, Simon Garfield tells the story of the forgotten scientific pioneer William Perkin, a man whose father didnt want him to become a chemist, and whose chemistry professor didnt want him to wreck his career in pursuit of a colour. By the age of 18, however, Perkin had made a discovery that would make him the richest chemist in Britain. Thoroughly researched and beautifully written, the book is more than just a biography of Perkin. Garfield weaves the past with the present as he tells us just how Perkins discovery changed the world; New Scientist