Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Penny Le Couteur, Jay BurresonAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2004-05-24Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:TarcherperigeeISBN-13:9781585423316ISBN-10:1585423319UPC:9781585423316Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:History, Philosophy & Social Aspects, ChemistrySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCS9BDDJY3
Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history. These molecules provided the impetus for early exploration, and made possible the voyages of discovery that ensued. The molecules resulted in grand feats of engineering and spurred advances in medicine and law; they determined what we now eat, drink, and wear. A...
Language:EnglishPublisher:TarcherperigeeISBN-13:9781585423316ISBN-10:1585423319UPC:9781585423316Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:History, Philosophy & Social Aspects, ChemistrySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCS9BDDJY3
PENNY CAMERON LE COUTEUR, PH.D., teaches chemistry at Capilano College in British Columbia, Canada, where she has been a professor for over thirty years. Winner of a Polysar Award for Outstanding Chemistry Teaching in Canadian Colleges, she was formerly the head of Capilano's chemistry department and was chair of pure and applied sciences. She has written chemistry distance-education courses,...
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