false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173919623m/345223.jpg 345223 4 In the tradition of Salt and Stiff, a wide-ranging and provocative look-teeming with little-known facts and engaging stories-at a subject of the direst interest. Poisons permeate our world. They are in the environment, the workplace, the home. They are in food, our favorite whiskey, medicine, well water. They have been used to cure disease as well as to incapacitate and kill. They smooth wrinkles, block pain, stimulate, and enhance athletic ability. In this entertaining and fact-filled book, science writer Peter Macinnis considers poisons in all their aspects. He recounts stories of the celebrated poisoners in history and literature, from Nero to Thomas Wainewright, and from the death of Socrates to Hamlet and Peter Pan. He discusses the sources of various poisons-from cyanide to strychnine, from Botox to ricin and Sarin gas-as well as their detection. Then he analyzes the science of their action in the body and their uses in medicine, cosmetics, war, and terrorism. With wit and precision, he weighs such questions as: Was Lincoln's volatility caused by mercury poisoning? Was Jack the Ripper an arsenic eater? Can wallpaper kill? For anyone who has ever wondered and been afraid to ask, here is a rich miscellany for your secret questions about toxins. 2183635 2004 Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox to the Killer Bean of Calabar total:32|5:5|4:9|3:11|2:5|1:2| 32 106 78 13 2 0 false false Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 20:41:55 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 09:05:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 11 09:21:29 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 19:04:46 -0800 2009 I'm in Chapter 7-8 so far... the information within the book is interesting, but it reads a little like a textbook. Granted, the brief stories in the chapter on poisoners are interesting. I did get a little giddy when I read the origins of the line "Dr. Living...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 12:42:56 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 12:42:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 21:02:39 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 21:02:39 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 16:51:40 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 16:52:18 -0800 2008
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