Colin Evans: 9 books
The Casebook of Forensic Detection
How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimes
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
“Brilliant and persistent scientific work that brought murderers like John List, Ted Bundy, and Jeffrey MacDonald to justice.”—Publishers Weekly
“Landmarks of forensic science [that] are representative of the evolution of the discipline and its increasingly prominent role in crime solving.”—Library...
The Father of Forensics
The Groundbreaking Cases of Sir Bernard Spilsbury, and the Beginnings of Modern CSI
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Before there was CSI, there was one man who saw beyond the crime and into the future of forensic science.
His name was Bernard Spilsbury—and, through his use of cutting-edge science, he single-handedly brought criminal investigations into the modern age. Starting out as a young, charismatic physician...
Blood On The Table
The Greatest Cases of New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
For almost a century, New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has presided over the dead. Over the years, the OCME has endured everything-political upheavals, ghastly murders, bloody gang wars, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and non-stop battles for power and influence-and remains the final...
by Colin Evans
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
Doctors have at their disposal a number of devious ways to extinguish life—and just as many motives—should they desire. Some do. In Killer Doctors, the dark side of the men in white is revealed. So are the appalling crimes of those trusted healers.
• Michael Swango, a.k.a. “Dr. Death,”...
Programming the Semantic Web
Build Flexible Applications with Graph Data
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2009
With this book, the promise of the Semantic Web -- in which machines can find, share, and combine data on the Web -- is not just a technical possibility, but a practical reality Programming the Semantic Web demonstrates several ways to implement semantic web applications, using current and emerging...
Murder Two
The Second Casebook of Forensic Detection
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
PRAISE FOR The Casebook of Forensic Detection
"Pithy, concise, and remarkably accurate."
-Science Books & Films
"Contains ample material to hold the attention and foster interest in science."
-Science Teacher
"A mystery novelist's essential resource guide."
-Book...
Valentino Affair
The Jazz Age Murder Scandal That Shocked New York Society and Gripped the World
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
In 1922, Rudolph Valentino was one of the most famous men alive. But few knew that the star had a dirty secret that he desperately wanted to bury. The lurid tale began a decade earlier when former Yale football star and notorious playboy Jack de Saulles made headlines across three continents by pursuing...
by Colin Evans
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
A tale of hating, waiting, mating and dating. He’d had enough. He had been patient and he had been (as he thought), in love. But that was a million years ago. His beloved wife of over a quarter of a century was not the young girl he’d met at his cousin’s sixteenth birthday party. His...
by Stuart A. Newman, James Allen Evans, Jeffrey C. Schank
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Empirical and philosophical perspectives on scaffolding that highlight the role of temporal and temporary resources in development across concepts of culture, cognition, and evolution.
"Scaffolding" is a concept that is becoming widely used across disciplines. This book investigates common...