Blue: The Science and Secrets of Nature's Rarest Color.by Kupferschmidt New**

Blue: The Science and Secrets of Nature's Rarest Color.by Kupferschmidt New**

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Blue is our favorite color globally\u2014the darling of artists since the time of the pharaohs. So it\u2019s startling to turn to the realms of nature and discover that\u201Ctrue\u201D blue is truly rare. The sea and sky are blue, but we can\u2019t bottle this trick of physics. And the few creatures, plants, and minerals that appear blue are almost all deceiving us. There\u2019s no blue pigment in a blue jay\u2014it would be brown but for how its feathers distort light.\nKai Kupferschmidt has been enraptured by blue since childhood. In Blue, he invites readers on his globe-trotting quest to understand his favorite color\u2014 from Kyoto, where scientists are trying to engineer a blue rose, to Brandenburg, where conservationists hope to save the \u201Clittle blue macaw.\u201D Deep underground where blue crystals grow and miles overhead\n\nBlue\nThe Science and Secrets of Nature's Rarest Color\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery usi;

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