Chemicals are everywhere and some are deadly they can burn flesh choke us oreven blast us to bits. This book shows how chemists through the ages riskedtheir liv... » 

Chemicals are everywhere and some are deadly they can burn flesh choke us oreven blast us to bits. This book shows how chemists through the ages riskedtheir lives with poison gases lethal liquids and dangerous reactions. Read howthey tried to turn ordinary metals into gold how urine was made into a glowinthedark explosive and how chemistry can catch murderers. «