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RECORD NUMBER: 1045 OF 1950Main Title | Napoleon's buttons : how 17 molecules changed history / | |||||||||||
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Author | Le Couteur, Penny, | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2003 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 52184104 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 1585422207; 9781585422203; 9781585423316; 1585423319 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Chemistry--Popular works ; Chemistry--History | |||||||||||
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Collation | 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-362) and index. |
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Contents Notes | 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. 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. |