Mauve
Subtitle: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: April 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780393020052
First sentence: Despite his immense wealth, Sir William Perkin seldom travelled abroad.
Description: The story of how a British chemist William perkin accidentally disocvered an oily sludge that turned silk a light purple. His discovery revolutionized Victorian fashion and sparked a great surge in the industrial applications of chemistry.