Napoleon's buttons : 17 molecules that changed history / Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2003.Description: 375 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781585423316
- 1585423319
- 540 22
- QD37 .L34 2004
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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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