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The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics de James O'Brien

The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics

Autor James O'Brien
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 feb 2013
Arthur Conan Doyle's enduringly popular Sherlock Holmes has his own undeniable place in the public eye. Holmes is often seen applying concepts of some branch of science in his work, discussing scientific matters with Watson, or is involved in situations where the applicability of the formal sciences is apparent. The Scientific Sherlock Holmes connects Holmes' vegetable poisons with concepts in botany, his use of fingerprinting with forensic science, and carbon monoxide poisoning and hemoglobin tests with concepts in chemistry, thus integrating the Holmes stories with all branches of science.
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ISBN-13: 9780199794966
ISBN-10: 0199794960
Pagini: 200
Ilustrații: 40b&w
Dimensiuni: 160 x 236 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States

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The game is afoot with this welcome addition to the large and ever-growing body of literature about "the only unofficial consulting detective," Sherlock Holmes. O'Brien provides a new and stimulating slant on a subject that never seems to grow old. A triumph of deduction!
The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics presents a wonderful, fresh approach to the greatest fictional detective of all time. This book is ideal for anyone who has an interest in either Sherlock Homes, science in general, or forensic science in particular. A compelling cornucopia of forensic science applications is provided in the context of the specialized knowledge of Holmes in chemistry, mathematics, biology, and physics, and much more. O'Brien's book provides a window into the mind of Sherlock Holmes and the practice of deductive science reasoning.
O'Brien is persuasive when he says that science gives the stories a sense of plausibility and an authenticity that prior detective fiction lacked. Conan Doyle's fiction appropriates the authority of Victorian science; Holmes's forensic investigations allow readers to vicariously experience his scientific achievements in a setting more thrilling than a university laboratory.
...highly recommended as a valuable addition to the library of Holmesians and Sherlockians everywhere.
Essentially a pocket guide to the science in Holmes's adventures - short enough to read quickly but packed full of facts and quotations from Conan Doyle's 60 stories about the maverick detective.
Engaging and enlightening, this book will probably be most appreciated by those who are new to the Sherlock Holmes stories or to the history of forensics, by fans of Cumberbatch's Sherlock who are seeking a deeper understanding of the stories, and also by "Sherlockians" who devoutly read everything ever published about their fictional hero.
One need not be a scientist or a previous Holmes fan to enjoy this book.

Notă biografică

James O'Brien is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Missouri State University.