wyszukanych pozycji: 4
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The Purple Mistake
ISBN: 9783565194001 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. "The Purple Mistake - The failed malaria cure that colored the victorian world" tells the serendipitous story of William Perkin. In 1856, the 18-year-old chemistry student was trying to synthesize quinine to cure malaria in the British colonies. Instead, he produced a black, sticky sludge from coal tar. Before throwing it away, he noticed it stained his rag a brilliant, fast shade of purple.Science writer Oliver Trent chronicles how this accident birthed the synthetic dye industry. Before Perkin, purple was the color of kings, derived from rare snails. After Perkin, "Mauveine" became a global...
"The Purple Mistake - The failed malaria cure that colored the victorian world" tells the serendipitous story of William Perkin. In 1856, the 18-year-...
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cena:
76,00 |
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Grandma Loves Trees: A Children's Picture Book
ISBN: 9798845669339 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
39,76 |
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So the Heffners Left McComb
ISBN: 9781496807489 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. On Saturday, September 5, 1964, the family of Albert W. -Red- Heffner Jr., a successful insurance agent, left their house at 202 Shannon Drive in McComb, Mississippi, where they had lived for ten years. They never returned. In the eyes of neighbors, their unforgiveable sin was to have spoken on several occasions with civil rights workers and to have invited two into their home. Consequently, the Heffners were subjected to a campaign of harassment, ostracism, and economic retaliation shocking to a white family who believed that they were respected community members. So the Heffners... On Saturday, September 5, 1964, the family of Albert W. -Red- Heffner Jr., a successful insurance agent, left their house at 202 Shannon Drive in M... |
cena:
429,24 |
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So the Heffners Left McComb
ISBN: 9781496807472 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. On Saturday, September 5, 1964, the family of Albert W. -Red- Heffner Jr., a successful insurance agent, left their house at 202 Shannon Drive in McComb, Mississippi, where they had lived for ten years. They never returned. In the eyes of neighbors, their unforgiveable sin was to have spoken on several occasions with civil rights workers and to have invited two into their home. Consequently, the Heffners were subjected to a campaign of harassment, ostracism, and economic retaliation shocking to a white family who believed that they were respected community members. So the Heffners... On Saturday, September 5, 1964, the family of Albert W. -Red- Heffner Jr., a successful insurance agent, left their house at 202 Shannon Drive in M... |
cena:
131,65 |