Blue : in search of nature's rarest color
Kupferschmidt, Kai2022
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Search human history and you'll quickly conclude that we've been enamoured of blue at least since the pharaohs. So, it's startling to turn to the realms of nature and discover that 'true' blue is truly rare. From the rain forest's morpho butterfly to the blue jay flitting past your window, few living things are blue - and most that appear so are performing sleight of hand with physics or chemistry. Cornflowers use the pigment found in red roses to achieve their blue hue. Even the blue sky above us is a trick of the light. Science journalist Kai Kupferschmidt has been fascinated by blue since childhood. In 'Blue', his quest to understand the science and nature of his favourite colour takes him from a biotech laboratory in Japan and a volcanic lake in Oregon to Brandenburg, Germany- home of the last surviving blue-feathered Spix's macaws.
Main title:
Blue : in search of nature's rarest color / Kai Kupferschmidt.
Author:
Kupferschmidt, Kai, author
Imprint:
New York : The Experiment, 2022.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm
Notes:
Translated from the German.This translation originally published: 2021.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781615199068 (pbk)
Dewey class:
535.6
Language:
EnglishGerman
Subject:
BRN:
3340381