A review by lydiathetattooedlady
Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

2.0

This subject matter in the right hands would be entertaining, thought provoking, topical, political, disturbing, shocking... Yeah, this is none of those. Add to that, badly researched (as an FYI to the author, Agatha Christie didn't study poisons to become an author, she didn't need to "show off her research", she learned about poisons during her work in WW1 as a nurse/pharmacy assistant). Ffs, that's basic, first-link-on-Google level research. This is actually a standard example to expect from the book. Lots of personal anecdotes that peter to nothing: "I wrote to this famous male scientist. He didn't reply", and so on.
Hugely disappointing.