Abstract
THE widespread popularity of detective fiction has rendered familiar to a considerable section of the general public the contribution the man of science may make to the detection of crime. In detective novels, however, the crime of murder is that most frequently utilized as the basis of the plot, a natural enough choice in view of its ‘thriller’ value, although it should be realized that the majority of the murders committed, in Britain at any rate, are dull and sordid crimes and entirely devoid of subtlety.
Forensic Chemistry and Scientific Criminal Investigation
By A. Lucas. Fourth edition. Pp. 340. (London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1945.) 25s. net.
A Scientist in the Criminal Courts
By Dr. C. Ainsworth Mitchell. Pp. viii + 144. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1945.) 8s. 6d. net.
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HOLDEN, H. Forensic Chemistry and Scientific Criminal Investigation A Scientist in the Criminal Courts. Nature 157, 823–824 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157823a0
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