Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox to the Killer Bean of Calabar

A charming collection of facts, anecdotes, and charming biographical sketches concerning poisons and poisoners. I would hesitate to call this a history, as it is in no way chronologically arranged but only bound in loose, topical arrays. A fascinating read, and a delightful indulgence for one's darker side.

Not what I was expecting. Usually poison books concentrate on Famous cases, but this covered all aspects- poisons in workplace, in warfare, food poisoning, natures poisoners.
The coverage was cursory and there was a certain amount of editorializing going on ( i'm totally with him in being upset about global warming, but it interrupts the flow of the narrative)
Still , all in all, a nice introduction to the topic

Interesting and entertaining read. I find this topic to be fascinating, although a bit morbid. included a bit more on chemical formulas and reactions than seemed necessary but I didn't particularly mind. I did mind the descriptions of animal testing which I found to be upsetting. Overall a decent book.

I like this books very much. It is easy to read, but not simplistic. It has a very good bibliography for readers who want to build on the interest that Macinnis is bound to inspire inhis readers.

A nice cover, but beware it is the same book as "Poisons from Hemlock to Botox To The Killer Bean of Calabar"

I only finished this book because I was interested in the subject, but the vast majority of this book was incomprehensible. This book is poorly written, poorly organized, and poorly referenced.

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