Title:
Napoleon's buttons : 17 molecules that changed history
Format:
Books
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Publication Date(s):
2004
ISBN:
9781585423316
Physical Description:
375 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Peppers, nutmeg, and cloves -- Ascorbic acid -- Glucose -- Cellulose -- Nitro compounds -- Silk and nylon -- Phenol -- Isoprene -- Dyes -- Wonder drugs -- pill -- Molecules of witchcraft -- Morphine, nicotine, and caffeine -- Oleic acid -- Salt -- Chlorocarbon compounds -- Molecules versus malaria -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
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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