@article{24561, note = {Originally published in 2000 by Faber and Faber Limited, London.}, author = {Garfield, Simon,}, url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/24561}, title = {Mauve : how one man invented a color that changed the world /}, abstract = {The story of how a British chemist William Perkin accidentally discovered 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.}, recid = {24561}, pages = {224 pages :}, }