Poison
Subtitle: deadly deeds, perilous professions, and murderous medicines
By: Sarah Albee
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Crown Children's Books
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781101932247
Subjects: Toxicology; Poisoning; Poisons; Hazardous substances; Juvenile literature; History
Description: Science geeks and armchair detectives will soak up this non-lethal, humorous account of the role poisons have played in human history. Perfect for STEM enthusiasts!
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and index.

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1080 Lexile.
Table of contents: title: No bane, no gain: poisons in the ancient world; title: That's classic: poison in Greece and Rome; title: Poisons, potions, and witches' brews: the Middle Ages; title: The wretched Renaissance; title: Crime and corruption: the sinister seventeenth century; title: Murder and medicine in the Age of Reason; title: Bad heir days: poisons in the nineteenth century; title: Twentieth-century tox; title: New and noxious: poisons in the twenty-first century and beyond.