Illustrated Guide to Home Forensic Science Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture (Diy Science)

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Have you ever wondered whether the forensic science you’ve seen on TV is anything like the real thing? There’s no better way to find out than to roll up your sleeves and do it yourself. This full-color book offers advice for setting up an inexpensive home lab, and includes more than 50 hands-on lab sessions that deal with forensic science experiments in biology, chemistry, and physics. You’ll learn the practical skills and fundamental knowledge needed to pursue forensics as a lifelong hobby—or even a career.

The forensic science procedures in this book are not merely educational, they’re the real deal. Each chapter includes one or more lab sessions devoted to a particular topic. You’ll find a complete list of equipment and chemicals you need for each session.

Analyze soil, hair, and fibersMatch glass and plastic specimensDevelop latent fingerprints and reveal blood tracesConduct drug and toxicology testsAnalyze gunshot and explosives residuesDetect forgeries and fakesAnalyze impressions, such as tool marks and footprintsMatch pollen and diatom samplesExtract, isolate, and visualize DNA samples

Through their company, The Home Scientist, LLC (thehomescientist.com/forensics), the authors also offer inexpensive custom kits that provide specialized equipment and supplies you’ll need to complete the experiments. Add a microscope and some common household items and you’re good to go.

From the Publisher

Number of Experiments
109 83 64

Key Topics
Lab Safety, Soil Analysis, Hair and Fiber Analysis, Glass and Plastic Analysis, Detecting Blood and Fingerprints, Drug Testing and Toxicology, Gunshot and Explosives Analysis Lab Safety, Microsms, Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Enzymes, Vitamins, DNA, Chlorophyll, Photosynthesis, Osmosis, Plants, Air Quality, Genetics, Culturing Bacteria, Antibiotic Resistance, Protists, Fungi, Invertebrates, and Vertebrates Lab Safety, Solutions, Colloids, Suspensions, Chemical Reactions, Redox Reactions, Acid-Base Chemistry, Chemical Kinetics, Gas, Thermochemistry, Electrochemistry, Photochemistry, Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, Synthesizing Compounds

Some of the Equipment You’ll Work With
Magnifier, Microscope, Camera, Balance, Laboratory Glassware, Audio Recorder, Light Filters, Fuming Chambers, Reaction Plate Microscope, Culturing Equipment, Microtome, Dehydrator, Balance, Laboratory Glassware, Reaction Plate, Thermometer, pH Meter/Test Paper Laboratory Glassware, Crucibles, Mortar and Pestle, Reaction Plate, Balance, Lamp, Burner, Hotplate, Thermometer, Battery, Chromatography Paper

Optional Equipment
Scanner, Photomicrography, Spectrometer, UV Light Source Spectrophotometer, Ultracentrifuge, DNA Processing Equipment Barometer, Separatory Funnel, Timer, Magnifier

Experiment You’ll Tell Your Friends About
Producing gunshot residue specimens Extracting and Visualizing DNA Use the Sherlock Holmes Test to Detect Blood

Experiment You Won’t Tell Your Family About
Testing currency for cocaine and methamphetamine Assaying Vitamin C Concentration in Urine Prepare a Flammable Gelled Sol

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DBIF49A
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Make Community, LLC; 1st edition (Aug. 7 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 12691 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 775 pages

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