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, coauthored a chemistry textbook, and served as a project
adviser in chemistry for universities in eastern Indonesia. She was
born in Auckland, New Zealand, and now lives in North
Vancouver.
JAY BURRESON, PH.D., has worked as an industrial chemist and held a
National Institutes of Health special fellowship for research on
chemical compounds in marine life. He is also the general manager
of a high-tech company.
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--Booklist
"The authors unearth a wealth of anecdotes from all parts of the
world and use them effectively to illustrate the technological
underpinnings of modern society. Thoughtful, often surprising,
smoothly written."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Entertaining accounts of how various objects' chemical properties
might have changed history."
--Library Journal
"What does the fiery compound C17H19O3N have to do with the
discovery of North America? Plenty, according to this remarkable
collection of scientific sleuthings. The book's cases -- especially
the chapter blaming Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign on the
eponymous tin fasteners that failed to hold French uniforms
together -- unfold like CSI meets the History Channel. A splendid
example of better reading through chemistry. B+"
--Entertainment Weekly
"This book is both original and fascinating; I was quickly absorbed
by this refreshing mix of science and history; I learned a lot of
both and read this book quite quickly for a science book."
--The Literary Flaneur
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