Napoleon’s Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History - Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson
Language: EnglishKeywords: 
Chemistry
 History
 Microhistory
 Non-Fiction
 Popular Science
 Science
Shared by:Hetaira
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Read by Laural Merlington
Format: MP3
Unabridged
Though many factors have been proposed to explain the failure of Napoleon’s 1812 Russian campaign, it has also been linked to something as small as a button-a tin button, the kind that fastened everything from the greatcoats of Napoleon’s officers to the trousers of his foot soldiers. When temperatures drop below 56°F, tin crumbles into powder. Were the soldiers of the Grande Armée acutee fatally weakened by cold because the buttons of their uniforms fell apart? How different our world might be if tin did not disintegrate at low temperatures and the French had continued their eastward expansion!
This fascinating book tells the stories of seventeen molecules that, like the tin of those buttons, greatly influenced the course of history. These molecules provided the impetus for early exploration and made possible the ensuing voyages of discovery. They resulted in grand feats of engineering and spurred advances in medicine; lie behind changes in gender roles, in law, and in the environment; and have determined what we today eat, drink, and wear.
Showing how a change as small as the position of an atom can lead to enormous differences in the properties of a substance, the authors reveal the astonishing chemical connections among seemingly unrelated events. Napoleon’s Buttons offers a novel way to understand how our contemporary world works and how our civilization has been shaped over time.
Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
Release Date: 10-10-11
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This post has 7 comments
June 13th, 2015
Just a head’s up. I seed slowly, and I often turn my computer off for stretches of time. It will take awhile to get the whole book uploaded fully, but it’ll get there eventually.
June 13th, 2015
sounds like any typical french fantasy, a fantasy, nothing more! certainly not “micro-history” or “science” but thank you anyway.
June 14th, 2015
Wow Marco. You apparently didn’t even bother to read the synopsis. This is one of the highest ranking pop-sci chemistry and microhistories on goodreads right now.
Only a very small book is even about the French’s tin buttons. It’s okay though - reading and the internets is hard.
April 23rd, 2016
This looks like it will be a fun and informative listen. Thank you, Hetaira!
September 23rd, 2016
Yeah Hetaira, you heard it right! Nothing more than French fantasy! Written by Canadian and North-American authors!
Atoms? Molecules? TIN?? Dream on you crazy French person.
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Thanks.
May 30th, 2018
Thanks so much for being so generous with your files, time and energy!
March 25th, 2026
reseed pls 🥺
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