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Napoleon's buttons : 17 molecules that changed history / Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2003.Description: 375 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781585423316
  • 1585423319
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 540 22
LOC classification:
  • QD37 .L34 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Peppers, nutmeg, and cloves -- Ascorbic acid -- Glucose -- Cellulose -- Nitro compounds -- Silk and nylon -- Phenol -- Isoprene -- Dyes -- Wonder drugs -- The pill -- Molecules of witchcraft -- Morphine, nicotine, and caffeine -- Oleic acid -- Salt -- Chlorocarbon compounds -- Molecules versus malaria.
Summary: Describes seventeen chemical compounds in spices, textile fibers, dyes, explosives, medicines, and other substances--including the drugs that account for witches flying on broomsticks--and how they affect civilization.
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Two Hour Reserve Karen H. Huntsman Library Items Available at the Front Desk 540 Available 38060007424906

Introductory Chemistry Fall Semester

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Peppers, nutmeg, and cloves -- Ascorbic acid -- Glucose -- Cellulose -- Nitro compounds -- Silk and nylon -- Phenol -- Isoprene -- Dyes -- Wonder drugs -- The pill -- Molecules of witchcraft -- Morphine, nicotine, and caffeine -- Oleic acid -- Salt -- Chlorocarbon compounds -- Molecules versus malaria.

Describes seventeen chemical compounds in spices, textile fibers, dyes, explosives, medicines, and other substances--including the drugs that account for witches flying on broomsticks--and how they affect civilization.

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