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Who Can Solve the Crime?: Science Projects Using Detective Skills
48 pp.
| Enslow/Elementary |
April, 2010 |
LibraryISBN 978-0-7660-3247-7$23.93
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4-6Who Dunnit? Forensic Science Experiments series.
Following an introduction to detection (Crime), Gardner covers the basics of forensic handwriting analysis and ink chromatography (Document); anthropology and ballistics (Bones; and fingerprint, lip-print, and bite mark analysis (Fingerprints). Each chapter of these serviceable volumes contains ideas for science experiments (some of which are only marginally related to the book's subject); sidebars offer case studies and "Who Dunnit?" puzzles to solve. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Who Dunnit? Forensic Science Experiments titles: Who Can Solve the Crime?, Who Forged This Document?, Whose Bones Are These?, and Whose Fingerprints Are These?