Includes index Electronic book Electronic reproduction. New York HarperCollins 2009 Available via World Wide Web
Contents:
Introduction: A half-century of forensic evolution and revolution The golden bowl, the burning palace : applying modern science to ancient bones Splash landing, part 1 : finding answers in teeth and skull morphology Shedding light on a victims bones : using UV to illuminate identity Forensics at the speed of flight : interpreting teeth and trauma The rockets' red glare, bodies bursting in air : dealing with a mass disaster Dead for the holidays : determining time since death A Texas scorcher : finding a fingerprint in a frontal sinus No butts about it : convicting a killer by matching bite marks Listening to the bugs : pinpointing time since death with forensic entomology The professor versus the computer : harnessing software to determine race and ID a victim Science at the cutting edge : scanning a knife mark with electron microscopy Leoma Patterson, part 1 : reopening an old coffinand an old case with DNA Splash landing, part 2 : searching the depths with sonar Leoma Patterson, part 2 : putting a face on the dead The day the bopper died : digging for the truth, and finding it with x-rays Leoma Patterson, part 3 : pushing the limits of DNA testing
