Napoleon's buttons : how 17 molecules changed history /
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New York :
J.P. Tarcher/Putnam,
[2003]
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Table of Contents:
- 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.