Le Couteur, Penny,  1943- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-362) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1585422207 (acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002032247 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>20030133513 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Chemistry--Popular works.<br/>Chemistry--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QD 37  / .L34 2003