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Description edit
Fascinating, educational, and highly readable, Bones takes readers into the dark world of forensic science.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
First Sentence edit
On the morning of May 24, l980, a pretty, soft-eyed twenty-one-year-old woman set out from her Arlington, Virginia, apartment, headed for her job as a chemist at the Quantico Marine Base a few miles to the south of the city.
Table of Contents edit
Acknowledgments
1. Helping Hands
2. Impolite Society
3. Abel and After
4. The Other Army of the Potomac
5. Partners in Crime
6. Is It Human
7. Sex, Size, Race, Age at Death
8. Grave Consequences
9. Scavenging
10. Heads Will Roll
11. Burning Questions
12. Soap
13. Beyond Soap
14. The Face is Familiar
15. But Are You Sure
16. Different Strokes
17. Angle of Attack
18. Family Secrets
19. Fair Play and Foul
20. Some Assembly Required
21. Serial Killings
22. Ones That Almost Got Away
23. Unwarranted Conclusions
24. Brief Lives
25. Another Helping Hand
Glossary
Diplomates of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, 1992
Index
Series & Lists edit
This book is in True Crime: Forensic Follies. (community list)
This book is in True Crime: Anthologies. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Dr. Ubelaker, Douglas (Author)
- Douglas H. Ubelaker
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Edward Burlingame Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0060163283
Page Count: 317
Publisher: Edward Burlingame Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0060163283
Page Count: 317
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 614.1
Subjects edit
- Books › Professional & Technical › Medical › Medicine › Internal Medicine › Pathology › Forensic Medicine
- Books › Medicine › Specialties › Pathology › Forensic Medicine
- Books › Nonfiction › Crime & Criminals › Forensic Science
- Books › Nonfiction › True Accounts › Murder & Mayhem
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › Nonfiction › Crime & Criminals › Criminology
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