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Silent witness

A crime scene. A murder. A mystery. The most important person on the scene? The forensic scientist. And yet the intricate details of their work remains a mystery to most of us.

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  • ""Crime novelist and former police officer Nigel McCrery provides an account of all the major areas of forensic science from around the world over the past two centuries. The book weaves dramatic narrative and scientific principles together in a way that allows readers to figure out crimes along with the experts. Readers are introduced to such fascinating figures as Dr. Edmond Locard, the "French Sherlock Holmes;" Edward Heinrich, "Wizard of Berkeley," who is credited with having solved more than 2,000 crimes; and Alphonse Bertillon, the French scientist whose guiding principle, "no two individuals share the same characteristics," became the core of criminal identification. Landmark crime investigations examined in depth include a notorious murder involving blood evidence and defended by F. Lee Bailey, the seminal 1936 murder that demonstrated the usefulness of the microscope in examining trace evidence, the 1849 murder of a wealthy Boston businessman that demonstrated how difficult it is to successfully dispose of a corpse, and many others"--"
  • "A crime scene. A murder. A mystery. The most important person on the scene? The forensic scientist. And yet the intricate details of their work remains a mystery to most of us."@en
  • "Het leven van een pathologe-anatoom wordt bedreigd wanneer zij zelf als getuige moet optreden."
  • "Samantha Ryan, Home Office pathologist, is called to assist in a case where everything seems to point towards a peculiar ritualistic murder. But as Samantha races against time to find the evidence that will trap the mysterious killer, she becomes a threat someone is determined to remove."
  • "'Silent Witnesses' looks at the history of forensic science over the last two centuries, duing which time a combination of remarkable intuition, painstaking observation and leaps in scientific knowledge have developed this fascinating branch of detection."@en
  • ""Through examinations of specific cases throughout history, crime novelist and former police officer Nigel McCrery explores the gruesome but fascinating history and progress of forensic science around the world"--"
  • "Un village bien tranquille du Northwick, en Angleterre. C'est pourtant là, une nuit d'automne, qu'a lieu le crime. Lorsque la police découvre le cadavre d'un jeune homme dans le cimitière, au fond d'une tombe ouverte, celui-ci est déjà dans un état de décomposition avancée."
  • "In England, two men are garroted and their bodies mutilated. Suspected of the crime is a practitioner of witchcraft whom both men knew, but forensic pathologist Samantha Ryan thinks that is too facile."

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  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "French language materials"
  • "Case studies"
  • "Case studies"@en
  • "English fiction"
  • "Crime fiction"
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Detektivní romány"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en

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  • "Tichý svědek"
  • "Silent witness"@en
  • "Silent witness"
  • "Silent witnesses : the story of forensic science"@en
  • "Cichy świadek"
  • "Cichy świadek"@pl
  • "Silent witness : [a Doctor Sam Ryan mystery]"
  • "Silent witnesses : the often gruesome but always fascinating history of forensic science"
  • "Silent Witnesses"
  • "Stille getuige"
  • "a history of forensic science"@en
  • "L'oiseau de nuit"
  • "Silent witnesses"@en

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