In 1868, The Times reported that poisons contained in dyes were
affecting the public's health. A doctor informed a London
magistrate that brilliantly coloured socks had caused severe
"constitutional and local complaint" to several of his patients. In
one case, a patient's foot had become so swollen that his boots had
to be cut off. Respected chemist, William Crookes, offered to
identify the poison if doctors would send him samples of the deadly
socks. The story of how he solved the mystery gives this book its
title and forms the basis of the first chapter. Written by a
respected science historian and established author, this collection
of essays contains 42 tales of chemists and their discoveries from
the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Other topics covered
include: the quirky beliefs of American philanthropist, George
Hodgkins; the development of the chemical laboratory since the
1830s, and the career of C.P. Snow before he became a novelist. Its
broad coverage and modern approach makes it of interest to
chemists, teachers, historians and laypeople with an interest in
science. Written with a light style and presented in a series of
unconnected vignettes the book is easy to dip into at leisure.
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