The strange case of the mad professor : a true tale of endangered species, illegal drugs, and attempted murder / / Peter Kobel
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Kobel Peter
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| Titolo: |
The strange case of the mad professor : a true tale of endangered species, illegal drugs, and attempted murder / / Peter Kobel
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| Pubblicazione: | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2013 |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (367 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.152/30973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Murderers - United States |
| Anthropologists - United States | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The strange case of the mad professor |
| ISBN: | 0-7627-9657-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786511003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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