The Forensic Historian

Using Science to Reexamine the Past

Robert C Williams (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2013
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7656-3661-4 (ISBN)

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Modern forensic science has significantly affected historical debate over some well-known past crimes or mysteries, utilizing modern DNA, nuclear, and chemical analyses to reexamine the past. This book takes an in-depth look at 20 significant cases where investigators have applied new forensic techniques to confirm, dispute, or revise accepted historical accounts. Among the cases included are the murder of King Tut, the validity of the Vinland Map, the authenticity of the Hitler diaries, Joan of Arc's ashes, the bones of Anastasia, arsenic and the death of Napoleon, and the dating of the Shroud of Turin, plus 13 more.

Robert C. Williams is Vail Professor of History and Dean of Faculty Emeritus at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, and a founding board member of History Associates Incorporated.. He is the author of numerous books and articles in modern Russian, American, and European history, including The Historian's Toolbox, Klaus Fuchs: Atom Spy, and Ruling Russian Eurasia: Khans, Clans, and Tsars.

Preface: Mildred Trotter and the Boneyard of War

1. Introduction: Scope of Evidence

2. Faking It: Chemistry and Forgery

3. Atomic Evidence

4. A Question of Identity: From Bones to DNA Fingerprinting

5. Not-So-Cold Cases

6. Conclusion: Modern Forensics and Historical Revision

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Zusatzinfo	1 Tables, black and white; 23 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	362 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	0-7656-3661-1 / 0765636611
ISBN-13	978-0-7656-3661-4 / 9780765636614
Zustand	Neuware