TY  - BOOK
AU  - Le Couteur,Penny
AU  - Burreson,Jay
TI  - Napoleon's buttons: how 17 molecules changed history 
SN  - 1585422207 :
AV  - QD37 .L34 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam
KW  - Chemistry
KW  - Popular works
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-362) and index
N2  - The authors present a surprising history of the world--told on a chemical continuum of why things happened rather than when. This fascinating book tells the stories of 17 molecules that, like the tin of Napoleon's coat buttons, greatly influenced the course of history
ER  -