Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #320447 in Books
• Published on: 1996-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 48 pages

Customer Reviews

Great for forensic science fans.
If you like anthropology or forensic science you will love this book. It tells of forensic anthropology, along with several other forensic techniques. It also explains about forensic archeology, and how past mysteries are being solved using forensics.

An exceptional book for exceptional children
The Bone Detectives is a compelling book for young readers. While the subject matter may seem out-of-the-ordinary and even macabre to many adults, pre-teens and teenagers seem facinated with the science and technology involved in solving murder cases. The book can also serve as a way to open a dialogue about the harsh realities bombarding our children from televison, film, and the evening news.
If you know a bright child with an interest in science or police work, or if you just want to foster an interest,this book is a good start.

American book, easy to understand, too thin! More puzzles
Im new to forensics, jsut got interested in the study and I managed to understand it. You are given small portions of information to understand at a time, then this new learnt information is used in the case that the book covers of a skull and 40 other bones the police found in the grounds of a Boy Scout Camp in Missouri. You are given a couple of puzzles to do aswell. This book also gives you a step by step guide of how to reconstrust a face from a skull. A really big shock is how thin the contents of the book is! This would have been better if the book would have tested you more and if it had more cases to make it thicker. Dan Wagstaff