Scientific Sherlock Holmes - Cracking the Case With Science and Forensics

Zusatztext This book is highly recommended as a valuable addition to the library of Holmesians and Sherlockians everywhere. Informationen zum Autor Jim O'Brien is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Missouri State University. A lifelong fan of Holmes, O'Brien presented his paper "What Kind of Chemist Was Sherlock Holmes" at the 1992 national American Chemical Society meeting, which resulted in an invitation to write a chapter on Holmes the chemist in the book Chemistry and Science Fiction. O'Brien has since given over 120 lectures on Holmes and science. Klappentext The Scientific Sherlock Holmes connects Holmes' vegetable poisons with concepts in botany, his use of fingerprinting with forensic science, and carbon monoxide poisoning and hemoglobin tests with concepts in chemistry, thus integrating the Holmes stories with all branches of science. Zusammenfassung The Scientific Sherlock Holmes connects Holmes' vegetable poisons with concepts in botany, his use of fingerprinting with forensic science, and carbon monoxide poisoning and hemoglobin tests with concepts in chemistry, thus integrating the Holmes stories with all branches of science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. How Sherlock Holmes Got His Start Chapter 2. Meet the Main Characters Chapter 3. Sherlock Holmes: Pioneer in Forensic Science Chapter 4. Sherlock Holmes: Chemist Chapter 5. Sherlock Holmes: Other Sciences Conclusion Appendix

Product details

• Authors: James O'Brien, James (Distinguished Professor Emeritus O'Brien, James (Distinguished Professor Emeritus O''brien, O'Brien James
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9780190670917
• ISBN: 978-0-19-067091-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; popular science, chemistry, Forensic Science, Fiction companions, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Chemistry