by Phil Mason · Editions de l'Opportun · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782360750047
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«Les Hémorroïdes de Napoléon» is Phil Mason's popular essay on the small causes of great historical events, published by Editions de l'Opportun in paperback (248 pages, in French).
From seemingly insignificant episodes, the author shows how small details, chances or ailments have shaped the course of history. Among its anecdotes are Napoleon's health problems at Waterloo, the chance discovery of a silver vein in Canada, or the origin of Charlton Heston's appearance as Moses in The Ten Commandments.
The full title includes the subtitle «...et toutes ces petites histoires qui ont fait la grande». Work originally published as Napoleon's Hemorrhoids: And Other Small Events That Changed History; this French edition, translated by Valérie Le Plouhinec, dates from 2010.
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Philip E. Mason is a British chemist and YouTuber with the online pseudonym Thunderf00t. He is best known for his critiques of religion, pseudoscience and creationism. He works at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
