Il malva di Perkin: storia del colore che ha cambiato il mondo by Simon Garfield

Il malva di Perkin: storia del colore che ha cambiato il mondo

Simon Garfield

213 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction art history science informative slow-paced
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In 1856 eighteen-year-old English chemist William Perkin accidentally discovered a way to mass-produce color. In a "witty, erudite, and entertaining" (Esquire) style, Simon Garfield explains how the experimental mishap that produced an odd shade o...

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