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Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox and the Killer Bean Calabar
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Author
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Peter Macinnis.
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Publisher
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Arcade
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Format
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paperback
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8.25
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5.5
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0.75
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ISBN
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9781611450149
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Pages/Publication Date
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239/2011
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Daedalus Item Code
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22420
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Description
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Was Lincoln's volatility caused by mercury poisoning? Was Jack the Ripper an arsenic eater? Can wallpaper kill? Australian science writer Peter Macinnis waggishly considers these and other questions about poisons in our everyday lives, using "history, science, and fun poison facts to make lively reading of all things lethal" (Boston Globe). Where do cyanide, strychnine, ricin, and other deadly compounds come from? How do you detect something that can kill you in a matter of seconds? Macinnis analyzes the science of these killing agents and their uses in medicine, cosmetics, war, and terrorism while recounting celebrated poisonings in history and literature from Socrates to Dr. Hawley Crippen, from Hamlet to Peter Pan.
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