Le Couteur, Penny,  1943- , <br/><br/>
Napoleon´s buttons :  17 molecules that changed history / 
Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson. 
 - 375 páginas :  ilustraciones 
<br/><br/>_  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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1585423319 9781585423316 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Química--Historia.<br/>Química.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>540  / L468n 2004