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Napoleon's buttons, how 17 molecules changed history, Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson

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Napoleon's buttons, how 17 molecules changed history, Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-362) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Napoleon's buttons

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

52184104

Responsibility statement

Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson

Sub title

how 17 molecules changed history

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

Table Of 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

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