Le Couteur, Penny, <br/><br/>
Napoleon's buttons :  17 molecules that changed history / 

 - New York :  Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin,  2003. 
 - 375 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1585423319 9781585423316 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Chemistry<br/>Chemistry
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>540 WOR 2003 C162 Or.