Napoleon's Buttons:How 17 Molecules Changed History?

Question

For anyone who has read this novel,

what other molecules/compounds do you think should have been inlcuded?

Here is a list of the ones that were in the book:

1. Peppers nutmeg and cloves

2. ascorbic acid

3. glucose

4. cellulose

5.nitro compounds

6. silk and nylon

7. phenol

8. isoprene

9. dyes

10. wonder drugs

11. the pill (birth control)

12. molecules of witchcraft

13. morphine nicotine and caffeine

14.oleic acid

15. salt

16. chlorocarbon compounds

17. molecules vs. malaria

Answer 1

Uranium and Plutonium

Anaesthetics

Fertilizers and Pesticides

Alcohol

Cocoa (for chocolate)

Food preservatives

Answer 2

Oxygen

Nitrogen

Phosphorus

Carbon

Hydrogen

Sulphur

Silicon

Sodium

Chlorine

Magnesium

Iron

Potassium

Uranium

Aluminum

Iodine

Helium

Argon

All are life savers and life creators for earth.

Answer 3

nitrogen