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Author:
Bass, William M., 1928-
Title:
Beyond the body farm : a legendary bone detective explores murders, mysteries, and the revolution in forensic science / Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson.
Edition:
1st pbk. ed.
Publisher:
William Morrow,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
xxii, 282 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Subject:
Forensic anthropology--United States.
Forensic anthropology--Tennessee.
Crime laboratories--Tennessee.
Human body--Identification.
Human skeleton--Identification.
Human skeleton--Analysis.
Bass, William M.,--1928-
University of Tennessee, Knoxville.--Forensic Anthropology Center.
Other Authors:
Jefferson, Jon.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Leoma Patterson, part 3 : pushing the limits of DNA testing. 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 coffin and 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.
ISBN:
0060875283 (pbk.)
9780060875282 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)277498174
Locations:
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)
SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

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