Mr. Mauve

[Henry Musikar]

You can read portions and, with a $25 combined order, get free shipping, of "Mauve, How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World" at: http://tinyurl.com/mauve-by-garfield 

Henry Mu

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Monroe [mailto:against.the.dave at gmail.com] 

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Henry Mu wrote:

> March 12, 1838: William Henry Perkin is born.
>
> http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/03/dayintech_0312 

Simon Garfield
Mauve
How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World

http://www.wwnorton.com/catalog/spring02/032313.htm 

Simon Garfield

Mauve

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The extract is from Chapter 3, when Perkin makes his breakthrough.

The Audio clip is of Tom Baker reading the first section on BBC Radio
4, a Watershed production produced by Chris Wallis.

http://www.simongarfield.com/pages/books/mauve.htm