Acknowledgments. Introduction. Out of Alchemy. The Alchemist and his Apprentice. The Toxic Tonic. Strike a Light. Strike! The Cost of a Box of Matches. Gomorrah. The Ultimate Evil -- and a Power for Good. Murder. Fortunes from Phosphorus. Unlucky Days. The Supreme Ruler. Oh, Shit! Spontaneous Human Combustion and Other Horrors. Epilogue: The Devil's Element? Appendix: The Right Chemistry. Sources. Index.
JOHN EMSLEY is Science Writer in Residence at both Cambridge University and Imperial College of London University. He has won the prestigious Rhone--Poulenc Prize for best science book of the year, was an editor of New Scientist magazine, and wrote a science column for the Independent newspaper.
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