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S'està carregant… A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie (Bloomsbury Sigma) (2015 original; edició 2015)de Kathryn Harkup (Autor)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. This is an enjoyable and informative read. It takes 14 of the poisons used by Agatha Christie in her books and looks at them in more detail. This covers the origin of the poison, how is it extracted and made and how it works on the body to cure (if it has therapeutic use) and kill. All of which is told in down to earth language such that the non technical specialist can follow what is being described, although not so much that you could necessarily extract the poison yourself! From there is looks at cases involving the poison that occurred before and after the relevant books' publication. Some of them were inspired by a case, in others the book may have inspired use. The most interesting one from this perspective was where the book helped solve a poisoning case, as the nurse recognised the symptoms of her patient from the description in Christie's book. At times she was following old paths, at times her use of the poison was contemporary and in other quite novel. There are 14 different poisons in here, and that felt like about enough. Um livro muito bom para os fãs de Agatha Christie. Ele esmiúça todos os casos apresentados quanto à sua plausibilidade e aponta os pontos onde Agatha acertou e errou. Cada capítulo segue o mesmo padrão: é apresentado um pouco da história do veneno, a forma como ele mata, se existe antídoto, um ou dois casos reais e como Agatha o utilizou nos seus livros. Dá para perceber que a autora colocou um esforço de pesquisa imenso nesse livro e conseguiu escrever uma obra muito boa. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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Investigates the poisons Christie employs in fourteen of her mysteries, discussing why the poisons kill, how they interact, obtainability of such poisons, and which cases may have inspired Christie's stories. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)615.9Technology Medicine and health Pharmacology and therapeutics Toxicology; PoisonsLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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Some knowledge of biology and chemistry is an advantage because even though the author's explanations are clear enough they make only superficial sense. ( )