Napoleon's buttons : 17 molecules that changed history / Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2004Description: 375 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1585423319
- 9781585423316
- 540 22
- QD37 .L34 2004
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 540 LEC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Damaged | A447270B |
Originally published: 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-362) and 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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