Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Medicinal Arsenic: Toxic Arsenic; Chapter 2: Arsenic Where You Least Expect It; Chapter 3: Arsine, Scheele's Green, and Gosio Gas; Chapter 4: Arsenophobia. A Connection between the Deaths of Infants and Napoleon I: Chapter 5: Arsenic and Crime: The Law of Intended Consequences; Chapter 6: Arsenic at War: Mass Murder; Chapter 7: Arsenic and the Environment; Chapter 8: Accidental Exposures to Arsenic: The Law of Unintended Consequences

About the Author

William R Cullen has been Professor of Chemistry at the University of British Columbia for the past 50 years working with arsenic compounds. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he is also internationally recognized as an expert on the chemistry, biogeochemistry, and microbiology of arsenic.

Reviews

"The writing is interesting and the coverage of the history of arsenic compounds in just about every aspect is as complete as one could hope for ... engaging and entertaining ... a book that is useful now and will continue to enlighten and entertain for years to come."
*L'Actualite Chimique Canadienne, September 2010*

"This accessibly written, engaging book offers an encyclopedic view of arsenic's role in history."
*Chemical Heritage Magazine, Volume 27, Number 2*

"This book is certainly to be treasured and is ... readable, interesting, informative and well referenced."
*Education in Chemistry, John Nicholson, September 2009*

"a remarkable resource ... combines impressive scholarship and writing that is a pleasure to read - a rare talent among chemists."
*Chemistry and Industry, 23 March 2009*

"It makes for highly entertaining reading not only because it has been so extensively researched but also because it succeeds in coming up with a host fascinating and often little-known facts about arsenic. For anyone having even the slightest interest in arsenic this is an absolute must!"
*Chemistry World, Dennis Rouvray, November Issue*