Le Couteur: Napoleon's Buttons
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| - | Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson, ''Napoleon's Buttons : How 17 Molecules Changed History.'' New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2003.375 pages with selected bibliography; copiously illustrated with molecular diagrams and photographs. | + | Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson, ''Napoleon's Buttons : How 17 Molecules Changed History.'' New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2003. 375 pages with selected bibliography; copiously illustrated with molecular diagrams and photographs. |
I must confess that I started out with a condescending attitude about this book. "How 17 molecules changed history" sounded histrionic to me, so I was predisposed to find the text hyperbolic and the prose breezy, etc. | I must confess that I started out with a condescending attitude about this book. "How 17 molecules changed history" sounded histrionic to me, so I was predisposed to find the text hyperbolic and the prose breezy, etc. | ||
