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Napoleon's Buttons: 17 Molecules Changed History Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Napoleon's Buttons: 17 Molecules That Changed History, by Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson. Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History, by Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson Jeremy P. I found a very interesting book that we will be reading, Napoleon's Buttons-How 17 Molecules Changed History. I started reading and couldn't put it down. I read an interesting book – titled Napoleon's buttons: 17 molecules that changed history – that masterly crosses chemistry and culture. Sort of like Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel, but from the perspective of a couple of organic chemists. InstituteDuring our school ;s annual Read Me Week the kids had fun making buttons for our friends to read and dressing up as their favorite book characters. Napoleon's Buttons - 17 Molecules that Changed History, Le Couteur & Burreson Tarcher/Penguin. Earlier this year I read a book entitled “Napoleon's Buttons: 17 molecules that changed history.” The book discusses 17 molecules, and their derivatives, (i.e. I think it is a great read to go along with a chemistry study. Chemistry, history, industry, and war are only some of the elements (pun intended) in this pretty fascinating book. Tarcher/Putnam 354 pages plus acknowledgements and index, illustrations of molecules. Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history.