Napoleon's buttons : 17 molecules that changed history / Le Couteur, Penny, Burreson, Jay, Chemistry Chemistry 540 WOR 2003 C162 Or. Includes index. Examines the roles that the molecular properties of such items as the birth control pill, caffeine, and the buttons on the uniforms of Napoleon's army have played in the course of history. New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2003. 2003. Text 375 p. : http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2004045987-b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2004045987-d.html