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The Agentby Simon GarfieldISBN 0091922585 (0-09-192258-5)
Hardcover, Random House
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The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDSby Simon GarfieldISBN 0571153534 (0-571-15353-4)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber
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Expensive Habits: The Dark Side of the Music Industryby Simon GarfieldISBN 0571137210 (0-571-13721-0)
Softcover, Faber and Faber
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Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the Worldby Simon GarfieldISBN 0393323137 (0-393-32313-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World'Book summary:In 1856, while trying to synthesize artificial quinine, 18-year-old chemistry student William Perkin instead produced a murky residue. Fifty years later, he described the event: he "was about to throw a certain residue away when I thought it might be interesting. The solution of it resulted in a strangely beautiful color." Perkin had stumbled across the world's first aniline dye, a color that became known as mauve.
"So what?" you might say. "A teenager invented a new color." As Simon Garfield admirably points out in Mauve, the color really did change the world. Before Perkin's discovery all the dyes and paints were colored by roots, leaves, insects, or, in the case of purple, mollusks. As a result, colors were inconsistent and unpredictably strong, often fading or washing out. Perkin found a dye that would always produce a uniform shade--and he pointed the way to other synthetic colors, thus revolutionizing the world of both dyemaking and fashion. Mauve became all the rage. Queen Victoria wore it to her daughter's wedding in 1858, and the highly influential Empress Eugénie decided the color matched her eyes. Soon, the streets of London erupted in what one wag called the "mauve measles."
Mauve had a much wider impact as well. By finding a commercial use for his discovery--much to the dismay of his teacher, the great August Hofmann, who believed there needed to be a separation between "pure" and "applied" science--Perkin inspired others to follow in his footsteps: "Ten years after Perkin's discovery of mauve, organic chemistry was perceived as being exciting, profitable, and of great practical use." The influx of bright young men all hoping to earn their fortunes through industrial applications of chemistry later brought significant advances in the fields of medicine, perfume, photography, and even explosives. Through it all, Garfield tells his story in clever, witty prose, turning this odd little tale into a very entertaining read. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World: ISBN 0571201970 (0-571-20197-0)
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Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
- Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World: ISBN 0393020053 (0-393-02005-3)
Money for Nothing: Greed and Exploitation in the Music Industryby Simon GarfieldISBN 0571129803 (0-571-12980-3)
Softcover, Faber and Faber
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The Nation's Favourite: The True Adventures of Radio 1by Simon GarfieldISBN 0571194354 (0-571-19435-4)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Our Hidden Lives: The Everyday Diaries Of A Forgotten Britain 1945-1948by Simon GarfieldISBN 0091896959 (0-09-189695-9)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries Of Post-War Britainby Simon GarfieldISBN 0091897335 (0-09-189733-5)
Softcover, Ebury Pr
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Private Battles - Our Intimate Diariesby Simon Garfield , Mass-Observation, Archive StaffISBN 0091910765 (0-09-191076-5)
Hardcover, Ebury Publishing
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We Are at War: The Diaries of Five Ordinary People in Extraordinary Timesby Simon GarfieldISBN 0091903874 (0-09-190387-4)
Softcover, Ebury Pr
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The Wrestlingby Simon GarfieldISBN 0571178723 (0-571-17872-3)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber
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