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John Emsley
(19 Dec 1938 - )
English chemist and writer. John Emsley, Cambridge University Former Science Writer in Residence, and chemist with a gift for storytelling who has won the Rhone-Poulenc prize for the best science book of the year.
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Science Quotes by John Emsley (1)
The autopsy of a person who had died from phosphorus poisoning would reveal inflammation a haemorrhage in the stomach and bowel, the liver would show fatty changes and both it, and the kidneys would be enlarged, greasy and of a yellow colour. But the most convincing proof of death due to phosphorus exposure would be to turn off all the lights in the mortuary and see its tell-tale glow...
— John Emsley
from The Shocking History of Phosphorus, by John Emsley, Cambridge University Press (2001)
See also: | Phosphorus (5)
