Mauve - How One Man Invented a Colour that Changed the World

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The story of William Perkin, a men whose father didn't want him to become a chemist, and whose chemistry professor didn't 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...