In the early 1800's natural gas, derived from coal, resulted in a gunky waste byproduct called Coal Tar. Chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann discovered Coal Tar could be distilled into multiple chemical compounds. His assistant, William Henry Perkin, while trying to synthesize quinine accidentally...
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"At last! For anyone who hates plastics and likes good writing, this is the book to satisfy your anger, your passion, and your instinctive judgment, and all at once"
- NORMAN MAILER
This is a quote from the front cover of the most interesting book I've read in years, entitled The Making of a Synthetic Century
I bought this book, with skepticism, to read and see for myself what horrible things the author was saying about the plastics industry...
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Ok, ok so I promised to write about my mafia experience... I guess I should do it since I said I would, but after this, no more war stories for a while. Oh, unless I decide to tell you about my experiences with communists in Bulgaria. But thats another story. And so it all began...
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