Napoleon´s buttons : 17 molecules that changed history /
Le Couteur, Penny, 1943- ,
Napoleon´s buttons : 17 molecules that changed history / Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson. - 375 páginas : ilustraciones
_ 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. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. The 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
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.
1585423319 9781585423316
Química--Historia.
Química.
540 / L468n 2004
Napoleon´s buttons : 17 molecules that changed history / Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson. - 375 páginas : ilustraciones
_ 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. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. The 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
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.
1585423319 9781585423316
Química--Historia.
Química.
540 / L468n 2004