Description
A gripping story of one of the oldest and most significant forensic sciences. This book, straddling the line between factual literature and educational material, discusses the history of forensic identification (matching) of firearms based on markings on fired cartridges and bullets – one of the most important independent fields of modern forensic technology. The author, a leading expert in this area, guides the reader through the development of ballistic expertise from primitive attempts through the scientific beginnings in the early 20th century to its standardization in the late 1940s. Emphasis is also placed on the personalities who contributed most to the refinement of identification methods. The significance and improvement of forensic ballistics are evidenced by numerous real cases of its use in the fight against crime from our own and world history. This informed and engaging text, which includes an explanation of the scientific basis of individual procedures, is accompanied by a large number of unique period photographs and documents.
Information
Author: Liška Přemysl
Publication date: April 6, 2021
Manufacturer: Euromedia Group, a.s.
Genres: Hobby, Non-fiction literature, Books, History and facts, Non-fiction literature, World war ii, War books, War novels
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 280
ISBN/EAN: 9788024273273