1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456077603321

Titolo

Evaluation of demonstration test results of alternative technologies for demilitarization of assembled chemical weapons [[electronic resource] ] : a supplemental review / / Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons, Board on Army Science and Technology, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 2000

ISBN

0-309-51669-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (51 p.)

Collana

Compass series

Disciplina

623.4/45

Soggetti

Chemical weapons disposal - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786511003321

Autore

Kobel Peter

Titolo

The strange case of the mad professor : a true tale of endangered species, illegal drugs, and attempted murder / / Peter Kobel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-7627-9657-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Disciplina

364.152/30973

Soggetti

Murderers - United States

Anthropologists - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Introduction; One Origins; Two Island Ecology; Three Going South; Four Alpha Male; Five The Tangled Web; Six Above Suspicion; Seven Punishment and Crime; Eight Descent of a Man; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Further Reading

Sommario/riassunto

It was one of the biggest scandals in New York University history. Professor John Buettner-Janusch, chair of the Anthropology Department, was convicted of manufacturing LSD and Quaaludes in his campus laboratory. He claimed the drugs were for an animal behavior experiment, but the jury found otherwise. B-J, as he was known, served two years in prison before being paroled, emerging to find his life and career in shambles. Four years later, he sought revenge by trying to kill the sentencing judge and others with poisoned Valentine's Day chocolates. After pleading guilty to attempted murder, he w