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Sue Black

    This author focuses on the fascinating intersection of technology and positive social change. Their literary work explores the transformative potential of technology and its ability to shape the world for the better. They enthusiastically share insights into how technology can serve as a catalyst for societal improvement. The author's passion for technology is evident in their writing approach, seeking ways to connect innovation with human well-being.

    30-Second Forensic Science
    Two Hands, One Dough, Ten Breads
    Saving Bletchley Park
    Written In Bone
    All That Remains
    Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
    • 2021

      Awarded the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association ALCS Gold Dagger for Nonfiction, this book delves into a gripping true crime story, exploring the intricacies of the case and the impact on society. It combines meticulous research with compelling narrative, shedding light on the darker aspects of human nature and the justice system. Through vivid storytelling, the author brings to life the events surrounding the crime, offering insights into the motivations of the individuals involved and the broader implications for crime and punishment.

      Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
    • 2020

      Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow. Drawing upon her years of research and a wealth of remarkable experience, the world-renowned forensic anthropologist Dame Sue Black takes us on a journey of revelation. From skull to feet, via the face, spine, chest, arms, hands, pelvis and legs, she shows that each part of us has a tale to tell. What we eat, where we go, everything we do leaves a trace, a message that waits patiently for months, years, sometimes centuries, until a forensic anthropologist is called upon to decipher it. Some of this information is easily understood, some holds its secrets tight and needs scientific cajoling to be released. But by carefully piecing together the evidence, the facts of a life can be rebuilt. Limb by limb, case by case - some criminal, some historical, some unaccountably bizarre - Dame Sue Black reconstructs with intimate sensitivity and compassion the hidden stories in what we leave behind.

      Written In Bone
    • 2019

      All That Remains

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.3(665)Add rating

      "Sue Black confronts death every day. As Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident or natural disaster. In All That Remains she reveals the many faces of death she has come to know, using key cases to explore how forensic science has developed, and what her work has taught her. Do we expect a book about death to be sad? Macabre? Sue's book is neither. There is tragedy, but there is also humour in stories as gripping as the best crime novel. Our own death will remain a great unknown. But as an expert witness from the final frontier, Sue Black is the wisest, most reassuring, most compelling of guides."--Amazon.com.

      All That Remains
    • 2018

      30-Second Forensic Science

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading
      3.6(50)Add rating

      Humanity's most appalling crimes are solved by experts presenting painstakingly gathered evidence to the court of law. Investigators rely on physical, chemical and digital clues gathered at the scene of an incident to reconstruct beyond all reasonable doubt the events that occurred in order to bring criminals to justice. Enter the forensic team, tasked with providing objective recognition and identification and evaluating physical evidence (the clues) to support known or suspected circumstances. Far from the super-sleuths of fiction, the real-life masters of deduction occupy a world of dogged detection, analysing fingerprints or gait, identifying traces of toxins, drugs or explosives, matching digital data, performing anatomical dissection, disease diagnosis, facial reconstruction and environmental profiling.

      30-Second Forensic Science
    • 2016

      With just a few ingredients and this book, even a novice baker is well on the way to making artisan-style breads. Sarah Black starts with the simplest plain white dough, then makes small changes to ingredients, proportions, and shapes to take the reader through ten foundation breads.

      Two Hands, One Dough, Ten Breads
    • 2016