Dr. Joe Schwarcz of the McGill Office for Science and Society discusses the science presented in mystery stories. How accurate is it?
0:00 Intro
1:00 Gripping crimes
1:38 Poisons
2:05 Sherlock Holmes
8:26 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
21:00 Agatha Christie
32:00 Dorothy Sayers
44:55 Ian Fleming
50:18 John Mortimer
57:30 "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data"
58:07 Conclusion
