Background
Macinnis, Peter Andrew was born on April 22, 1944 in Ipswich, Australia. Son of Ian Dumaresq and Veronica Fay Macinnis.
(This book is written for young readers with a sense of hu...)
This book is written for young readers with a sense of humour and also for those with a potential to develop one, but it is not recommended for critics with sea-urchin-phobia. The message is that we can take charge of the monster problem in our house, because all monsters have flaws and weaknesses. This is a consistent ecology of monsters, so after you have read it, you will know which monsters eat others, the diet of moat monsters, the habits of long-legged underbed pigs, dangerous goldfish, thin blue lions and more. It also tabulates or pots the histories of Mistislav Draghoul, Count Henry Blenkinsop and Cecil B. de Mole, maker of boring movies about tunnels (scripts by Edgar Rice Burrows, director Charles Shovel).
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2007
( Poisons permeate our world. They are in the environment...)
Poisons permeate our world. They are in the environment, the workplace, the home. They are in food, our favorite whiskey, medicine, and well water. They have been used to cure diseases as well as incapacitate and kill. They smooth wrinkles, block pain, stimulate and enhance athletic ability. In this entertaining and fact-filled book, science writer Peter Macinnis considers poisons in all their aspects. He recounts stories of the celebrated poisoners in history and literature, from Nero to Thomas Wainewright, and from the death of Socrates to Hamlet and Peter Pan. From cyanide to strychnine, from Botox to ricin and Sarin gas—have you ever wondered about their sources? Where do they come from? How do you detect something that can kill you in a matter of seconds? Macinnis methodically analyzes the science of these killing agents and their uses in medicine, cosmetics, war, and terrorism. With wit and precision, he weighs these questions and many more: Was Lincoln’s volatility caused by mercury poisoning? Was Jack the Ripper an arsenic eater? Can wallpaper kill? For anyone who has ever wondered and been afraid to ask, here is a rich miscellany for your secret questions about toxins.
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(In the tradition of Salt and Stiff, a wide-ranging and pr...)
In the tradition of Salt and Stiff, a wide-ranging and provocative look-teeming with little-known facts and engaging stories-at a subject of the direst interest. Poisons permeate our world. They are in the environment, the workplace, the home. They are in food, our favorite whiskey, medicine, well water. They have been used to cure disease as well as to incapacitate and kill. They smooth wrinkles, block pain, stimulate, and enhance athletic ability. In this entertaining and fact-filled book, science writer Peter Macinnis considers poisons in all their aspects. He recounts stories of the celebrated poisoners in history and literature, from Nero to Thomas Wainewright, and from the death of Socrates to Hamlet and Peter Pan. He discusses the sources of various poisons-from cyanide to strychnine, from Botox to ricin and Sarin gas-as well as their detection. Then he analyzes the science of their action in the body and their uses in medicine, cosmetics, war, and terrorism. With wit and precision, he weighs such questions as: Was Lincoln's volatility caused by mercury poisoning? Was Jack the Ripper an arsenic eater? Can wallpaper kill? For anyone who has ever wondered and been afraid to ask, here is a rich miscellany for your secret questions about toxins.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1559707615/?tag=2022091-20
(Poisons permeate our world. They are in the environment, ...)
Poisons permeate our world. They are in the environment, the workplace, the home. They are in food, our favorite whiskey, medicine, and well water. They have been used to cure diseases as well as incapacitate and kill. They smooth wrinkles, block pain, stimulate and enhance athletic ability. In this entertaining and fact-filled book, science writer Peter Macinnis considers poisons in all their aspects. He recounts stories of the celebrated poisoners in history and literature, from Nero to Thomas Wainewright, and from the death of Socrates to Hamlet and Peter Pan. From cyanide to strychnine, from Botox to ricin and Sarin gas--have you ever wondered about their sources? Where do they come from? How do you detect something that can kill you in a matter of seconds? Macinnis methodically analyzes the science of these killing agents and their uses in medicine, cosmetics, war, and terrorism. With wit and precision, he weighs these questions and many more: Was Lincoln's volatility caused by mercury poisoning? Was Jack the Ripper an arsenic eater? Can wallpaper kill? For anyone who has ever wondered and been afraid to ask, here is a rich miscellany for your secret questions about toxins.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005KG958C/?tag=2022091-20
Macinnis, Peter Andrew was born on April 22, 1944 in Ipswich, Australia. Son of Ian Dumaresq and Veronica Fay Macinnis.
Bachelor of Science, University Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1969. Diploma in education, University Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1970. Master of Education, University Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1982.
Science subject officer New South Wales Department Education, Sydney, 1976-1979. Senior education officer New South Wales Department Technical and Further Education, 1980-1981, New South Wales Department Education, Sydney, 1982-1985, principal education officer, 1985-1987. Community services manager Powerhouse Museum, 1987-1990.
Museum educator Australian Museum, 1991-1993. Teacher St. Pauls College, Manly, Sydney, 1994-1999. Science writer Webster Public, Sydney, since 1999.
Consultant assessment and research Secondary Schools Board, New South Wales, 1982-1987, Board Senior School Studies, New South Wales, 1986-1987.
(This book is written for young readers with a sense of hu...)
2007(In the tradition of Salt and Stiff, a wide-ranging and pr...)
( Poisons permeate our world. They are in the environment...)
(Poisons permeate our world. They are in the environment, ...)
Author: (science book) Exploring the Environment, 1986, (nonfiction) Applied Studies in Science, Mathematics and Technology, 1993. Co-author: (illustrated children's book) The Rainforest, 1999, Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox and the Killer Bean of Calabar, 2005. Contributor, science content provider: (Civil Defense-ROM) Webster's World Encyclopedia, since 1997.
Wild man.
Married Christine Dorothea Clarke, May 1969. Children: Angus, Catriona, Duncan.