Book club – Vampirology by Kathryn Harkup

Get your garlic and crucifix ready as we tackle Kathryn Harkup's latest book V ampirology: The Science of Horror's Most Famous Fiend . Harkup is a chemist and science communicator, and an expert at casting a scientific eye on cultural phenomena, literature and film. Her debut, A is for Arsenic – about the poisons in Agatha Christie's works – featured in our very first book club podcast episode way back in 2015. In her latest title, Harkup delves into the world of Dracula and Nosferatu. She finds tales of folklore and fiction, searches for scientific explanations to historic accounts of vampirism and asks the question whether, technically, vampires could exist. We talk to Harkup about watching Buffy reruns and Hong Kong's hopping vampires, and find out what it's like to investigate a myth with science.

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Book club – Vampirology by Kathryn Harkup is an episode from Chemistry World Book Club by Chemistry World.

This episode is 19:28 long.

This episode was published on Jun 9, 2021.

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