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Author Le Couteur, Penny, 1943- author.

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

Publication Info. New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, [2004]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  540 LE COUTEUR    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  540 LE COUTEUR    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Teen  TEEN 540 LEC    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  540 Le COUTEUR    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  540 L468N    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  540 LE COUTEUR    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  540 LE    Check Shelf
Edition First trade paperback edition.
Description 375 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents 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.
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-362) and index.
Subject Chemistry -- Popular works.
Chemistry -- History.
Química -- Obras populares.
Química -- Historia.
Chemistry. (OCoLC)fst00853344
Chemisches Element (DE-588)4009874-6
Chronological Term Geschichte.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
Popular works.
Added Author Burreson, Jay, 1942- author.
ISBN 1585423319
9781585423316
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