The Poisoner's Handbook

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• The Poisoner's Handbook By Deborah Blum

  Fans of television’s “CSI” and its myriad spin-offs will no doubt find much of morbid interest in Deborah Blum’s The Poisoner’s Handbook, a lushly detailed account of how the discipline and profession of forensic science emerged from the “poison play ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

• The Poisoner's Handbook Turns a Tumbler of Whiskey Into a Game of Russian Roulette

  A warning: For all readers who once winced and befuddled their way through a high school chemistry course, the chapter headings of Deborah Blum’s new book may cause heart palpitations, sweaty palms and premonitions of intense confusion. However, thos ... (read full critics)

  popmatters published on Wed, 1 Sep 2010

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  This excellent history of poisons (as a subset of forensic science) is non-fiction, but it reads like a novel. It is jam-packed with information and the many stories that went with the history of the development of poison detection. It deals primarily with the New York City forensic lab and the dedi ... (continue)

  This excellent history of poisons (as a subset of forensic science) is non-fiction, but it reads like a novel. It is jam-packed with information and the many stories that went with the history of the development of poison detection. It deals primarily with the New York City forensic lab and the dedicated scientists who worked there at its inception.

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  Really interesting story! History, chemistry - all combined to illustrate stories about New York during the early 1900s.

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• English Books
• Others 336 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1594202435
• ISBN-13: 9781594202438
• Publisher: Penguin Pr
• Pub date: Feb 18, 2010

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