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Learn about the history of forensic science, how to collect and analyze evidence, and get one step closer to being a world-class, crime-solving detective!
From the critically acclaimed author of The Book of Chocolate, The Human Body, and From Here to There, comes an all new nonfiction deep dive into forensic science. What is evidence and how do investigators gather it? How do you determine how long a body has been dead? Do fingerprints differ from person to person? How did some of the world's great fictional detectives, like Sherlock Holmes, further the study of forensics? Packed with lively photos, classroom activities, and engaging prose, budding private eyes and scientists will be eager to find the answers to these and other questions in HP Newquist's latest, and to learn about everything from the world's first autopsy in Ancient Rome to the role that DNA plays in solving crimes along the way.
About the Author
HP Newquist has written more than 30 books, including national award winnersThis Will Kill You,Here There Be Monsters, andThe Book Of Blood. Newquist has regularly explored the reality underlying the things that scare us. Newquist’s newest books,BEHEMOTHandTen Years Gone, are guaranteed to captivate - and scare - lovers of fiction.Newquist writes about everything from music and medicine to technology and terror. His work has been published in numerous languages and has been cited byThe New York Times,Publisher's Weekly,The Los Angeles Times, and hundreds of other publications around the world. He has received awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Library Guild, the New York Public Library, the NSTA, VOYA, and the Center For Children's Literature. He also happens to be the founder of The National GUITAR Museum.
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