TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Brien,James
TI  - The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics 
SN  - 9780199795031
AV  - HV8073  .O36 2013
U1  - 363.25 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cary
PB  - Oxford University Press, Incorporated
KW  - Forensic sciences
KW  - History
KW  - Chemistry, Forensic
KW  - Criminal investigation
KW  - Detective and mystery stories, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)
KW  - Science in literature
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Introduction -- Codes -- The Sherlockian Canon: Review of the Contents -- 1. How Sherlock Holmes Got His Start -- 1.1. Arthur Conan Doyle -- 1.2. The Influence of Edgar Allan Poe -- 1.3. The Influence of Dr. Joseph Bell -- 2. Meet the Main Characters -- 2.1. Sherlock Holmes -- 2.2. Dr. John H. Watson -- 2.3. Professor James Moriarty -- 2.4. Other Important Characters -- 3. Sherlock Holmes: Pioneer in Forensic Science -- 3.1. The Methods of Bertillon -- 3.2. Fingerprints -- 3.3. Footprints -- 3.4. Handwritten Documents -- 3.5. Printed Documents -- 3.6. Cryptology -- 3.7. Dogs -- 3.8. Conclusion -- 4. Sherlock Holmes: Chemist -- 4.1. Introduction: Profound or Eccentric? -- 4.2. Coal-tar Derivatives and Dyes -- 4.3. Chemical Poisons -- 4.4. Asimov's View: Holmes the Blundering Chemist -- 4.5. Other Chemicals -- 4.6. Conclusion: Profound or Eccentric? -- 5. Sherlock Holmes: Other Sciences -- 5.1. Mathematics -- 5.2. Biology -- 5.3. Physics -- 5.4. Other Sciences -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index.
N2  - 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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