Napoleon's buttons : how 17 molecules changed history /
Le Couteur, Penny, 1943-
Napoleon's buttons : how 17 molecules changed history / Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson. - New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, c2003. - 375 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-362) and index.
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.
1585422207 : HRD $24.95
Putnam Pub Group, C/O Penguin Group USA Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, E Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 282-5074
2002032247
Chemistry--Popular works.
Chemistry--History.
QD37 / .L34 2003
540
Napoleon's buttons : how 17 molecules changed history / Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson. - New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, c2003. - 375 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-362) and index.
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.
1585422207 : HRD $24.95
Putnam Pub Group, C/O Penguin Group USA Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, E Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 282-5074
2002032247
Chemistry--Popular works.
Chemistry--History.
QD37 / .L34 2003
540