Napoleon's buttons : 17 molecules that changed history / Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson.
Publication details: New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2004. Description: 375 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 1585423319; 9781585423316Subject(s): Chemistry -- Popular works | Chemistry -- HistoryLOC classification: QD 37 | .L34 2004Online resources: Contributor biographical information Online Access | Publisher description Online Access Also available online.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Includes index.
1. Peppers, nutmeg, and cloves -- 2. Ascorbic acid -- 3. Glucose -- 4. Cellulose -- 5. Nitro compounds -- 6. Silk and nylon -- 7. Phenol -- 8. Isoprene -- 9. Dyes -- 10. Wonder drugs -- 11. The pill -- 12. Molecules of witchcraft -- 13. Morphine, nicotine, and caffeine -- 14. Oleic acid -- 15. Salt -- 16. Chlorocarbon compounds -- 17. Molecules versus malaria -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Examines the roles that the molecular properties of such items as the birth control pill, caffeine, and the buttons on the uniforms of Napoleon's army have played in the course of history.
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