TY  - BOOK
AU  - Le Couteur,Penny
AU  - Burreson,Jay
TI  - Napoleon's buttons: 17 molecules that changed history 
SN  - 1585423319
AV  - QD 37 .L34 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
KW  - Chemistry
KW  - Popular works
KW  - History
N1  - 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; Also available online
N2  - 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
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2004045987-b.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2004045987-d.html
ER  -