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Molecules of Murder Set (Paperback)
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Molecules of Murder Set (Paperback)
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How can a plant as beautiful as the foxglove be so deadly and yet
for more than a century be used to treat heart disease? The same is
true of other naturally occurring molecules as will be revealed in
these two books from award-winning author and chemist, John Emsley.
Molecules of Murder and More Molecules of Murder deal with
potential poisons from man-made and natural sources. Both books
investigate the crimes committed with them, not from the point of
view of the murderers, their victims, or the detectives, but from
the poison used. In so doing the books throw new light on how these
crimes were carried out and ultimately how the perpetrators were
uncovered and brought to justice. The crimes include those
committed by infamous murderers and also famous victims like Harold
Shipman, Alexander Litvinenko and Georgi Markov. Each chapter
starts by looking at the target molecule itself, its discovery, its
chemistry, its often-surprising use in medicine, its effects on the
human body, and its toxicology. The rest of the chapter is devoted
to murders and attempted murders in which it has been used. But, be
reassured that murder by poison is not the threat it once was,
thanks to laws which restrict access to such materials and to the
skills of analytical chemists in detecting their presence in
incredibly tiny amounts.
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