The Science of Sherlock Holmes ebook

The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases by E. J. Wagner (Author). Reward for The Science of Sherlock Holmes.

"Holmes is, first, an excellent detective, but he has also confirmed to be an awesome scientist, whether or not dabbling with poisons, tobacco ash, or tire marks. Wagner explores this fascinating facet of his profession by showing how his investigations were grounded in the reducing-edge science of his day, especially the emerging area of forensics.... Completely compelling." -Otto Penzler, member of the Baker Avenue Irregulars and proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop

"E. J. Wagner demonstrates that without the work of Sherlock Holmes and his contemporaries, the CSI groups could be twiddling their collective thumbs. Her accounts of Victorian crimes make Watson's tales pale! Extremely really useful for college kids of the Grasp Detective." -Leslie S. Klinger, Editor, The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

"In this thrilling ebook, E. J. Wagner has mixed her appreciable strengths in three disciplines to supply a work as compelling and blood-curdling as the most effective industrial fiction. That is CSI in foggy outdated London Town. Chilling, grim fun." -John Westermann, writer of Exit Wounds and Candy Deal

"I am recommending this delightful work to all of my fellow forensic scientists.... Bravo, Ms. Wagner!" -John Houde, author of Crime Lab: A Information for Nonscientists

"A fabulously attention-grabbing read. The book traces the delivery of the forensic sciences to the ingenuity of Sherlock Holmes. A wonderful mix of history, thriller, and whodunit."

-Andre Moenssens, Douglas Stripp Professor of Law Emeritus, College of Missouri at Kansas City, and coauthor of Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Circumstances

This guide was very informative, if you are a fan of detection literature or TV. The author makes use of the stories of Conan Doyle as a leaping off level to get into the history of the science of detection.

The guide is definitely for a novice or somebody who doesn't have a background in forensic science. The whole lot is laid out very well and is definitely comprehensible by a layman. Wagner does speak about the massive crimes and discusses how emerging science either helped, or hindered, the detection process. Worthwhile if you take pleasure in legal history. 

The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases 

 E. J. Wagner (Author)

256 pages

Wiley (March 1, 2006)

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