Fingerprints: Murder and the Race to Uncover the Science of Identity
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In 1905 an elderly couple were found murdered in their shop in Deptford, London. The only evidence at the scene of the crime was a sweaty fingerprint on a cashbox. Was it possible that a single fingerprint could be enough to lead to a conviction? Could the pattern of these tracks hold the secrets of the science of identification? Through the story of three brilliant men: William Herschel, a colonial administrator in Indian, Henry Faulds, a missionary in Japan and Charles Darwin's cousin, Francis Galton, the story of the history of fingerprinting is revealed - a story of intellectual skulduggery and scientific brilliance.
Author: Colin Beavan
Format: Paperback, 256 pages, 130mm x 197mm, 208 g
Published: 2003, HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom
Genre: True Crime
Description
In 1905 an elderly couple were found murdered in their shop in Deptford, London. The only evidence at the scene of the crime was a sweaty fingerprint on a cashbox. Was it possible that a single fingerprint could be enough to lead to a conviction? Could the pattern of these tracks hold the secrets of the science of identification? Through the story of three brilliant men: William Herschel, a colonial administrator in Indian, Henry Faulds, a missionary in Japan and Charles Darwin's cousin, Francis Galton, the story of the history of fingerprinting is revealed - a story of intellectual skulduggery and scientific brilliance.
Fingerprints: Murder and the Race to Uncover the Science of Identity