Corpse: Nature, Forensics, And The Struggle To Pinpoint Time Of Death
by Sachs, Jessica Snyder
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0738207713
- ISBN 13
- 9780738207711
- Seller
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Basic Books, 2002. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. In This Book, Sachs Accompanies An Eccentric Group Of Entomologists, Anthropologists, Biochemists, And Botanists - A New Kind Of Biological "Mod Squad" - On Some Of Their Grisliest, Most Intractable Cases. She Takes Us To The Ultra-Bizarre Body Farm In Knoxville, Tennessee, Where Scientists Watch Bodies Decay In Order To Learn The Secrets Of Decomposition And Death. She Also Takes Us Into The Courtroom, Where "Post-O. J." Forensic Science As A Whole Is Coming Under Fire And The New Multidisciplinary Art Of Forensic Ecology Is Struggling To Establish Its Credibility." In The End, Sachs Reveals Death To Be Not A Single Moment In Time, But An Elaborate Dance, As Insects And Microbes Colonize A Corpse, And Efficiently - Even Gracefully - Return It To The Earth. The Story Of The 2000-Year Search To Pinpoint Time Of Death. Corpse Is Also The Terrible And Beautiful Story Of What Happens To Our Bodies When We Die.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006537
- Title
- Corpse: Nature, Forensics, And The Struggle To Pinpoint Time Of Death
- Author
- Sachs, Jessica Snyder
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0738207713
- ISBN 13
- 9780738207711
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 288
- Keywords
- Nonfiction, Science, Death, True Crime, History, Crime, Medicine, Medical, Reference, Research Criminology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime - Prisons;
- X weight
- 350 g
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