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Emsley offers a fascinating account of five of the most toxic elements--arsenic, antimony, lead, mercury, and thallium--describing their lethal chemical properties and highlighting their use in some of the most famous murder cases in history.
Emsley offers a fascinating account of five of the most toxic elements--arsenic, antimony, lead, mercury, and thallium--describing their lethal chemical properties and highlighting their use in some of the most famous murder cases in history.
Über den Autor
John Emsley won the Science Book prize in 1995 for his Consumer's Good Chemical Guide, and followed this with a series of popular science books: Molecules at an Exhibition, Was it Something You Ate? (co-authored with Peter Fell), The Shocking History of Phosphorus, Nature's Building Blocks, and Vanity, Vitality, and Virility, all of which have been translated worldwide.
John spent 20 years as a researcher and lecturer in chemistry at London University before becoming a freelance popular-science writer and a Science Writer in Residence, first at Imperial College London and then in the Chemistry Department of the University of Cambridge. In 2003 he was awarded the German Chemical Society's Writer's Award.
John spent 20 years as a researcher and lecturer in chemistry at London University before becoming a freelance popular-science writer and a Science Writer in Residence, first at Imperial College London and then in the Chemistry Department of the University of Cambridge. In 2003 he was awarded the German Chemical Society's Writer's Award.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: Deadly elements
- 2: The history and the chemistry
- 3: One man's medicine is another man's murder weapon
- 4: Arsenic and adultry
- 5: Off the wall poison
- 6: Insidious antimony
- 7: Requiem for a metal
- 8: Deadly lead
- 9: When the Empire struck lead
- 10: Mercury in the Tower
- 11: Mad cats and mad hatters
- 12: Young and deadly
- 13: Driving you hairless
- Glossary
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2006 |
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Genre: | Chemie, Importe |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780192806000 |
ISBN-10: | 0192806009 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Emsley, John |
Hersteller: | Hurst & Co. |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de |
Maße: | 196 x 129 x 34 mm |
Von/Mit: | John Emsley |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 14.09.2006 |
Gewicht: | 0,339 kg |
Über den Autor
John Emsley won the Science Book prize in 1995 for his Consumer's Good Chemical Guide, and followed this with a series of popular science books: Molecules at an Exhibition, Was it Something You Ate? (co-authored with Peter Fell), The Shocking History of Phosphorus, Nature's Building Blocks, and Vanity, Vitality, and Virility, all of which have been translated worldwide.
John spent 20 years as a researcher and lecturer in chemistry at London University before becoming a freelance popular-science writer and a Science Writer in Residence, first at Imperial College London and then in the Chemistry Department of the University of Cambridge. In 2003 he was awarded the German Chemical Society's Writer's Award.
John spent 20 years as a researcher and lecturer in chemistry at London University before becoming a freelance popular-science writer and a Science Writer in Residence, first at Imperial College London and then in the Chemistry Department of the University of Cambridge. In 2003 he was awarded the German Chemical Society's Writer's Award.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: Deadly elements
- 2: The history and the chemistry
- 3: One man's medicine is another man's murder weapon
- 4: Arsenic and adultry
- 5: Off the wall poison
- 6: Insidious antimony
- 7: Requiem for a metal
- 8: Deadly lead
- 9: When the Empire struck lead
- 10: Mercury in the Tower
- 11: Mad cats and mad hatters
- 12: Young and deadly
- 13: Driving you hairless
- Glossary
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2006 |
---|---|
Genre: | Chemie, Importe |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780192806000 |
ISBN-10: | 0192806009 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Emsley, John |
Hersteller: | Hurst & Co. |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de |
Maße: | 196 x 129 x 34 mm |
Von/Mit: | John Emsley |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 14.09.2006 |
Gewicht: | 0,339 kg |
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