This book is about poison and poisonings; it explores the facts, fears and fictions that surround this fascinating topic. Poisons attract attention because they are both dangerous and hard to discover. Secretive and invisible, they are a challenging object of representation. How do science studies, literature, and especially film--the medium of the visible--explain and show what is hidden? How can we deal with uncertainties emerging from the ambivalence of dangerous substances? These considerations lead the editors of this volume to the notion of "precarious identities" as a key discursive...
This book is about poison and poisonings; it explores the facts, fears and fictions that surround this fascinating topic. Poisons attract attention...
This book demonstrates how popular culture can be successfully incorporated into medical and health science curriculums, capitalising on the opportunity fictional media presents to humanise case studies.
This book demonstrates how popular culture can be successfully incorporated into medical and health science curriculums, capitalising on the opportuni...
This book explores the history of wildlife television in post-war Britain. It will be of interest to wildlife television amateurs, historians of British television and students in science communication.
This book explores the history of wildlife television in post-war Britain. It will be of interest to wildlife television amateurs, historians of Briti...
