Bibliograph

All that remains, a renowned forensic scientist on death, mortality, and solving crimes, Sue Black

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All that remains, a renowned forensic scientist on death, mortality, and solving crimes, Sue Black

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

All that remains

Oclc number

1073108703

Responsibility statement

Sue Black

Sub title

a renowned forensic scientist on death, mortality, and solving crimes

Summary

Black has lived her life eye to eye with the Grim Reaper, and she writes vividly about it in this book, which is part primer on the basics of identifying human remains, part frank memoir, and part no-nonsense but deeply humane introduction to the reality of death in our lives. She recounts her first dissection; the mortal remains in her lab and at burial sites as well as scenes of violence, murder, and criminal dismemberment; and about investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident, or natural disaster. In doing so, she reveals how forensic science has developed-- and what her work has taught her about human nature. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Silent teachers -- Our cells and ourselves -- Death in the family -- Death up close and personal -- Ashes to ashes -- Dem bones -- Not forgotten -- Invenerunt corpus - body found! -- The body mutilated -- Kosovo -- When disaster strikes -- Fate, fear and phobias -- An ideal solution

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