02179cam a2200325 i 4500 506169451 TxAuBib 20210825120000.0 210113s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021001385 9781615197521 HRD 24.95 1615197524 HRD 24.95 TxAuBib rda eng ger Kupferschmidt, Kai. Blue. Blau English. Blue [BOOK] : in search of nature's rarest color / Kai Kupferschmidt. New York : The Experiment, 2021. 215 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in Germany as Blau by Hoffmann und Campe in 2019" -Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references. Search human history and you’ll quickly conclude that we’ve been enamored 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 favorite color 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. Whether it’s deep underground where blue crystals grow or miles overhead where astronauts gaze down at our “blue marble” planet, wherever we do find Earth’s rarest color, it always has a story to tell. Provided by publisher. 20210825. Blue. Colors. Colors in nature.