Introduction: A half-century of forensic evolution and revolution --
The golden bowl, the burning palace : applying modern science to ancient bones --
Splash landing, part 1 : finding answers in teeth and skull morphology --
Shedding light on a victims bones : using UV to illuminate identity --
Forensics at the speed of flight : interpreting teeth and trauma --
The rockets' red glare, bodies bursting in air : dealing with a mass disaster --
Dead for the holidays : determining time since death --
A Texas scorcher : finding a fingerprint in a frontal sinus --
No butts about it : convicting a killer by matching bite marks --
Listening to the bugs : pinpointing time since death with forensic entomology --
The professor versus the computer : harnessing software to determine race and ID a victim --
Science at the cutting edge : scanning a knife mark with electron microscopy --
Leoma Patterson, part 1 : reopening an old coffinand an old case with DNA --
Splash landing, part 2 : searching the depths with sonar --
Leoma Patterson, part 2 : putting a face on the dead --
The day the bopper died : digging for the truth, and finding it with x-rays --
Leoma Patterson, part 3 : pushing the limits of DNA testing.
From the Book - 1st pbk. ed.
Introduction: A half-century of forensic evolution and revolution --
The golden bowl, the burning palace : applying modern science to ancient bones --
Splash landing, part 1 : finding answers in teeth and skull morphology --
Shedding light on a victims bones : using UV to illuminate identity --
Forensics at the speed of flight : interpreting teeth and trauma --
The rockets' red glare, bodies bursting in air : dealing with a mass disaster --
Dead for the holidays : determining time since death --
A Texas scorcher : finding a fingerprint in a frontal sinus --
No butts about it : convicting a killer by matching bite marks --
Listening to the bugs : pinpointing time since death with forensic entomology --
The professor versus the computer : harnessing software to determine race and ID a victim --
Science at the cutting edge : scanning a knife mark with electron microscopy --
Leoma Patterson, part 1 : reopening an old coffin and an old case with DNA --
Splash landing, part 2 : searching the depths with sonar --
Leoma Patterson, part 2 : putting a face on the dead --
The day the bopper died : digging for the truth, and finding it with x-rays --
Leoma Patterson, part 3 : pushing the limits of DNA testing