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Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox to the Kil- 1559707615, hardcover, Peter Macinnis
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- Condition
- Artist
- Macinnis, Peter
- ISBN
- 9781559707619
- Book Title
- Poisons : from Hemlock to Botox to the Killer Bean of Calabar
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
- Item Length
- 8.6 in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Medical, History
- Topic
- Toxicology, General
- Item Weight
- 14.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
ISBN-10
1559707615
ISBN-13
9781559707619
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44466201
Product Key Features
Book Title
Poisons : from Hemlock to Botox to the Killer Bean of Calabar
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Toxicology, General
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Revised
Genre
Medical, History
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
14.7 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
Lccn
2004-029762
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
615.9
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Lc Classification Number
Ra1213.M33 2004
Copyright Date
2004
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