{"product_id":"9781552094839","title":"Hidden Evidence","description":"\u003cp\u003e  \u003cb\u003eHidden Evidence\u003c\/b\u003e takes you to the scenes of 40 infamous crimes and into the heart of the forensic investigations. These are the true crime shockers that have grabbed headlines and aroused public passions. David Owen explains the scientific procedures that helped crack every one of these cases -- from the gathering of elusive physical clues to the examination of weapons and bodies, to the use of sophisticated scientific analysis.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Threaded throughout the book is the history of forensic science and the technologies that support it, including:\u003cbr\u003e  fingerprinting,  autopsies,  handwriting analysis,  ballistics,  hair sampling,  blood typing,  DNA testing,  dental records,  gas chromatography,  mass spectrometry, compound and electron microscopes, and toxicology.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The high-profile cases David Owen used to illustrate forensic developments are from as early as 1775, when Paul Revere used dentures to\r\n            identify a slain soldier, to the latest developments in the Oklahoma bombing. Most will be familiar to readers, such as: The Lindbergh Kidnapping,  Pan Am Flight 103,  The Kennedy Investigation,  The Hitler Diaries,  Wayne Williams,  Ted Bundy,  Jeffrey MacDonald,  Dr. Josef Mengele,  Robert Maxwell's suicide,  Tsar Nicholas II,  and The World Trade Center bombing.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  David Owen presents the facts, steering clear of speculation. Comprehensive in scope, thoroughly researched and expertly compiled, \u003cb\u003eHidden Evidence\u003c\/b\u003e is, in the words of former Los Angeles County Coroner Thomas T. Noguchi, \"a fascinating book ... [and] an excellent mini-encyclopedia of widely discussed, high-profile cases.\"  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"David Owen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45351429767328,"sku":"9781552094839","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9472c017-7a4b-48d4-9f96-bbc18464bb20.jpg?v=1688157072","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9781552094839","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}