{"product_id":"true-color-the-strange-and-spectacular-quest-to-define-color-from-azure-to-zinc-pink-by-kory-stamper","title":"True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color--from Azure to Zinc Pink by Kory Stamper","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003eFrom Knopf Publishing Group\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA kaleidoscopic journey through the secret history of hues—and the story of the obsessive genius behind the definitions of colors we use today, from the beloved author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWord by Word\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wildly entertaining and bountifully informative; I couldn't have enjoyed myself more.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Benjamin Dreyer,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDreyer's English\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ebegonia (n.): 3 -s :\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e a deep pink that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average coral (see coral 3b), bluer than fiesta, and bluer and stronger than sweet william — called also gaiety\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    What could \"bluer than fiesta\" possibly mean? While editing dictionaries for Merriam-Webster, Kory Stamper found herself drawn again and again to the whimsical color definitions in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWebster’s Third New International Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e—especially when compared to the dry and impersonal entries that filled the rest of the volume. Stamper couldn’t help but wonder: Who was the voice behind these peculiar definitions?\u003cbr\u003e            Meet I. H. Godlove, an erratic but brilliant up-and-coming scientist who was one of the experts Merriam-Webster hired in 1930 to help revise the dictionary to reflect a rapidly modernizing world. His fascinating life mirrors the wild and winding journey that color science, color psychology, and color production took through the twentieth century. Stamper tracks these industries as they move into the atomic age and intertwine in strange and surprising ways, spanning two world wars and involving chemical explosions, an unexpected suicide, dramatic office politics, and an extraordinary love story.\u003cbr\u003e            Filled with captivating facts about color words and colors themselves—did you know that the word “puke” used to refer to a fashionable shade of reddish-brown before it was associated with vomit?—and fueled by Stamper’s inexhaustible curiosity,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Color\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill transform the way you see the world, from black-and-white to Technicolor.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52161433567525,"sku":"9781524733032","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9781524733032.jpg?v=1774650140","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/true-color-the-strange-and-spectacular-quest-to-define-color-from-azure-to-zinc-pink-by-kory-stamper","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}