Blood, Bullets, and Bones : The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA
Bridget Heos
Blood, Bullets, and Bones : The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA - New York Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers 2016 - 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
From darkness to light -- A whiff of garlic : the first poison tests -- Bodies of evidence : autopsies and the rise of medical examiners -- Elementary, my dear Watson : the first detectives -- Not without a trace : the introduction of crime scene evidence -- Fingerprints are forever : early fingerprint evidence -- Bang! Bang! You're dead : the birth of firearm analysis -- Blood is thicker : the first blood pattern cases -- Grave matters : hidden bodies -- Dem bones : forensic anthropology beginnings -- To catch a killer : criminal profilers -- One in a trillion : the dawn of DNA evidence.
"Blood, Bullets, and Bones provides young readers with a fresh and fascinating look at the ever-evolving science of forensics. Since the introduction of DNA testing, forensic science has been in the forefront of the public's imagination, thanks especially to popular television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. But forensic analysis has been practiced for thousands of years. Ancient Chinese detectives
9780062387639
Forensic sciences -- History -- Juvenile literature. Forensic sciences. JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Science & Nature -- General (see also headings under Animals or Technology)
363.25 HEO-B
Blood, Bullets, and Bones : The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA - New York Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers 2016 - 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
From darkness to light -- A whiff of garlic : the first poison tests -- Bodies of evidence : autopsies and the rise of medical examiners -- Elementary, my dear Watson : the first detectives -- Not without a trace : the introduction of crime scene evidence -- Fingerprints are forever : early fingerprint evidence -- Bang! Bang! You're dead : the birth of firearm analysis -- Blood is thicker : the first blood pattern cases -- Grave matters : hidden bodies -- Dem bones : forensic anthropology beginnings -- To catch a killer : criminal profilers -- One in a trillion : the dawn of DNA evidence.
"Blood, Bullets, and Bones provides young readers with a fresh and fascinating look at the ever-evolving science of forensics. Since the introduction of DNA testing, forensic science has been in the forefront of the public's imagination, thanks especially to popular television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. But forensic analysis has been practiced for thousands of years. Ancient Chinese detectives
9780062387639
Forensic sciences -- History -- Juvenile literature. Forensic sciences. JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Science & Nature -- General (see also headings under Animals or Technology)
363.25 HEO-B