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Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Science
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The fascinating story of a scientific breakthrough that solved one of the most brutal murders in Englands history and forever changed the criminal justice system. Fingerprints is the dramatic human story of how technology found its way into the criminal justice system, of one brilliant, flawed mans struggle to retain rightful credit for his discovery, and of a confoundingly difficult murder case. Impeccably researched and dramatically told, it traces fingerprinting … More >>
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Forensic Fingerprints: Remarkable Real-Life Murder Cases Solved by Forensic Detection
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Hugh Miller presents 16 true crime cases solved by forensic science. He includes the American business tycoon and his wife found shot dead in a room locked from the inside, a boy disappeared from a play area while his father sat nearby, and a star receiving poison pen letters sent by a dead man…. More >>
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The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison
- ISBN13: 9780192806000
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Was Napoleon killed by the arsenic in his wallpaper? How did Rasputin survive cyanide poisoning? Which chemicals in our environment pose the biggest threat to our health today? In The Elements of Murder, John Emsley answers these questions and offers a fascinating account of five of the most toxic elements–arsenic, antimony, lead, mercury, and thallium–describing their lethal chemical properties and highlighting their use in some of the most famous murder cases in… More >>
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The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
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Pulitzer Prize–winning science writer Deborah Blum follows New York City’s first forensic scientists to discover a fascinating Jazz Age story of chemistry and detection, poison and murder.Amazon.com Review
Amazon Exclusive: Author Deborah Blum’s Top Ten Poisons On a recent radio show, I heard myself telling the host “And carbon monoxide is such a good poison.” We both started laughing–there’s just som… More >>
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