
The SciencesFebruary 1, 1957
Sir William Perkin
A century ago a young English chemistry student made a mauve-colored dye from coal tar, thus launching one of the central themes of the modern chemical industry

Sir William Perkin
A century ago a young English chemistry student made a mauve-colored dye from coal tar, thus launching one of the central themes of the modern chemical industry

Alchemy and Alchemists
To the disreputable discipline of ancient and medieval times modern chemistry owes its name, its occasionally esoteric symbolism and some of its principal attitudes