Napoleon’s Buttons
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What’s it about?
Discover how seventeen tiny molecules—from tin buttons to caffeine—shaped empires, sparked wars, and built the modern world in this thrilling blend of chemistry and history.
You’ll learn
- How tin buttons may have doomed Napoleon
- Why spices drove global exploration
- How caffeine fueled the Enlightenment
- The molecule that built the plastic age