The forensic historian : using science to reexamine the past / Robert C. Williams.

Author/creator Williams, Robert C., 1938-
Format Book
Publication InfoArmonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, Inc., ©2013.
Descriptionxiii, 143 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Subjects
Historiography--Methodology. --Case studies.
Forensic sciences--Case studies.
World history.

Contents Preface. Mildred Trotter and the bone yard of war -- Mikhail Gerasimov : making Ivan the Terrible's face -- Paul Coremans : the girl with the Bakelite earring -- Walter McCrone : ink testing the Vinland map -- Julius Grant : ultraviolet light on the "Hitler diaries" -- Walter McCrone again : carbon-14 dating the Shroud of Turin -- Phillipe Charlier : the bogus remains of Joan of Arc -- Sten Forshufvud : the arsenic in Napoleon's hair -- Vincent Guinn : the "magic bullet" and the Kennedy assassination -- William Maples : the death of Zachary Taylor -- William Walsh : testing Beethoven's hair -- Clyde Snow : identifying the "Angel of Death" -- Peter Gill : Romanov bones and DNA matches -- Eugene Foster : Jefferson's children -- Jean-Jacques Cassiman : the heart of the last king of France -- Linda Strausbaugh : Hitler's skull -- Jeffrey Taubenberger : tracking the killer virus of 1918 -- Tim Foecke and Jennifer McCarty : testing the Titanic rivets -- Zahi Hawass : the CT-scans of King Tutankhamun -- The U.S. Navy SEALs : identifying Osama bin Laden -- Tsutomu Shimomura : catching Kevin Mitnick -- Conclusion. Modern forensics and historical revision.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012033681
ISBN9780765636614 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0765636611 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780765636621 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN076563662X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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