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Autore: |
Cullen William R
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Titolo: |
Is arsenic an aphrodisiac? : the sociochemistry of an element / / William R. Cullen
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Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, : Royal Society of Chemistry, c2008 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
Disciplina: | 615.925715 |
Soggetto topico: | Arsenic - History |
Arsenic - Toxicology | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front cover; i_iv; v_viii; ix_xvi; 001_055; 056_098; 099_129; 130_165; 166_214; 215_286; 287_348; 349_397; 398_412 |
Sommario/riassunto: | Sex, drugs, rocks, gold, murder, war, mass poisonings, the deaths of Napoleon, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and others are all linked by one element - arsenic! Arsenic has been around since the beginning of time and the word has become a metaphor for poison with associated shock value. The general public are fearful of any possible exposure to it and yet it holds a certain dark and eerie fascination! The average person has only one idea about arsenic - it is poison - and this reputation has a sound base. Some arsenic compounds are very toxic and have been used with criminal intent from the time of the |
Titolo autorizzato: | Is arsenic an aphrodisiac ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-84755-860-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910827794803321 |
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