"In the first definitive account of the Fukushima disaster, two leading experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists, team up with journalist Susan Q. Stranahan, to tell this harrowing story, [which] combines [an] account of the tsunami and the nuclear emergency it created with an explanation of the science and technology behind the meltdown as it unfolded in real time" --Amazon.com.

The fascinating true story of groundbreaking chemist William Perkin, who used the scientific method to invent a new way for creating the color purple. Many 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...