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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face="Humanst521 BT"><span style='font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Humanst521 BT"'>Deborah Blum has written four books, all of
which ask questions about the way science tries to define what it means to be
human. Her fifth book, soon to come, is “THE POISONER’S
HANDBOOK: A True Story of Chemistry, Murder and Jazz Age New York”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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