Perkin's Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry

by Debbie Loren Dunn and Tami Lewis Brown

Book Overview

The fascinating true story of groundbreaking chemist William Perkin, who used the scientific method to invent a new way for creating the color purple.
Many years ago, the color purple was available only to a privileged few. Making purple was tricky. The dye was concocted from a certain snail, and later, from plants, bugs, and rocks. Then it had to be soaked in minerals and . . . urine The process was very complicated and expensive (not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1368032842
• ISBN13: 9781368032841
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3