毒藥的滋味 : 11種致命分子與使用它們的凶手 / 尼爾.布萊伯瑞(Neil Bradbury)著 ; 鍾沛君譯
- 作者： 布萊伯瑞 (Bradbury, Neil) 著
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- 其他題名：
- 11種致命分子與使用它們的凶手
- 出版： 新北市新店區 : 方舟文化出版 :遠足文化發行 2024[民113]
- 叢書名： 醫藥新知 ;29
- 主題： 毒理學 , 犯罪
- 版本：初版
- ISBN： 9786267442609 (平裝) :: NT$420
- 一般註：附錄: 挑選你的最佳毒物 譯自: A taste for poison : eleven deadly molecules and the killers who used them 2025年三刷
- 書目註：參考書目: 面282-286
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- 系統號： 005295269 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
This book reveals how eleven notorious poisons affect the body - through the murders in which they were used. As any reader of murder mysteries can tell you, poison is one of the most enduring - and popular - weapons of choice for a scheming murderer. It can be slipped into a drink, smeared onto the tip of an arrow or the handle of a door, even filtered through the air we breathe. But how exactly do these poisons work to break our bodies down, and what can we learn from the damage they inflict? In a fascinating blend of popular science, medical history, and true crime, the author explores this most morbidly captivating method of murder from a cellular level. Alongside real-life accounts of murderers and their crimes - some notorious, some forgotten, some still unsolved - are the equally compelling stories of the poisons involved: eleven molecules of death that work their way through the human body and, paradoxically, illuminate the way in which our bodies function. Drawn from historical records and more contemporary news headlines, this book weaves together the tales of spurned lovers, shady scientists, medical professionals, and political assassins to show how the precise systems of the body can be impaired to lethal effect through the use of poison. From the deadly origins of the gin & tonic cocktail to the arsenic-laced wallpaper in Napoleon's bedroom, this book leads readers on a riveting tour of the intricate, complex systems that keep us alive - or don't.