LEADER 00000nam a22004451i 4500 001 frd00022963 003 CtWfDGI 005 20180705135553.0 006 m eo d 007 cr un ---anuuu 008 180705s2009 xx eo 000 0 eng d 020 9780061854392|q(epub) 024 3 9780061854392 040 CtWfDGI|beng|erda|cCtWfDGI 043 n-us---|an-us-tn 050 4 GN69.8 082 04 614/.17|222 100 1 Bass, William M.,|d1928-|eauthor. 245 10 Beyond the Body Farm :|bA Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science /|cBill Bass. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bHarperCollins, |c[2009] 264 4 |c©2009 300 1 online resource (320 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 506 Access limited to subscribing institutions. 520 There is no scientist in the world like Dr. Bill Bass. A pioneer in forensic anthropology, Bass created the world's first laboratory dedicated to the study of human decomposition -- three acres of land on a hillside in Tennessee where human bodies are left to the elements. His research at the Body Farm" has revolutionized forensic science, helping police crack cold cases and pinpoint time of death. But during a forensics career that spans half a century, Bass and his work have ranged far beyond the gates of the Body Farm. In this riveting book, the bone sleuth explores the rise of modern forensic science, using fascinating cases from his career to take readers into the real world of C.S.I. Some of Bill Bass's cases rely on the simplest of tools and techniques, such as reassembling -- from battered torsos and a stack of severed limbs -- eleven people hurled skyward by an explosion at an illegal fireworks factory. Other cases hinge on sophisticated techniques Bass could not have imagined when he began his career: harnessing scanning electron microscopy to detect trace elements in knife wounds; and extracting DNA from a long-buried corpse, only to find that the female murder victim may have been mistakenly identified a quarter- century before. In Beyond the Body Farm , readers will follow Bass as he explores the depths of an East Tennessee lake with a twenty-first-century sonar system, in a quest for an airplane that disappeared with two people on board thirty-five years ago; see Bass exhume fifties pop star "the Big Bopper" to determine what injuries he suffered in the plane crash that killed three rock and roll legends on "the day the music died"; and join Bass as he works to decipher an ancient Persian death scene nearly three thousand years old. Witty and engaging, Bass dissects the methods used by homicide investigators every day, leading readers on an extraordinary journey into the high-tech science that it takes to crack a case.". 588 0 Print version record. 650 0 Crime laboratories|zTennessee. 650 0 Forensic anthropology|zTennessee. 650 0 Forensic anthropology|zUnited States. 650 0 Human body|vIdentification. 650 0 Human skeleton|vIdentification. 650 0 Human skeleton|xAnalysis. 650 7 TRUE CRIME / General.|2bisacsh 655 0 Electronic books. 700 1 Jefferson, Jon,|eauthor. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aBass, William M., 1928-|tBeyond the body farm.|dNew York : William Morrow, c2007.|z9780060875299 (hbk.)|w(DLC)2007040458 914 frd00022963
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