{"product_id":"perkins-perfect-purple-how-a-boy-created-color-with-chemistry","title":"Perkin's Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe fascinating true story of groundbreaking chemist William Perkin, who used the scientific method to invent a new way for creating the color purple.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany 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 to mention smelly!).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil 1856, when a boy named William Henry Perkin invented a new way. While testing a hypothesis about a cure for malaria, he found that his experiment resulted in something else -- something vivid and rare for the times: synthetic PURPLE. Perkin, a pioneer of the modern scientific method, made numerous advances possible, including canned food and chemotherapy. But it was his creation of purple that started it all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Town Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51171118580000,"sku":null,"price":640.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4990\/5952\/files\/20260111_150049.jpg?v=1769919631","url":"https:\/\/littletownbooks.net\/products\/perkins-perfect-purple-how-a-boy-created-color-with-chemistry","provider":"Little Town Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}