Gresham College Lectures

New social benefits from an old Docklands discovery

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2006 marks the sesquicentenary of William Perkin's discovery of mauveine. New research on his life and hundreds of accounts of his discovery have revealed hitherto unrecognised medical motivation for his work, together with a need for better ways of encouraging young and old to share Perkin's...

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