Description: Fingerprints, dust, and DNA -- these are a few of the things that today's forensic scientists use to solve crimes. But not so long ago, detectives depended exclusively on eyewitness testimonies and their own intuition and cunning to catch criminals. That all changed in the late 1800s, when a man named Alphonse Bertillon invented a method for precisely measuring and describing the physical features of criminals. Since then, the field of forensic science has exploded. Solving Crimes: The Pioneers of Forensic Science examines the careers and lives of six influential forensic scientists (Alphonse Bertillon, Edward Henry, Karl Landsteiner, Edmond Locard, Clyde Snow, and Alec Jeffreys) and describes how each one overcame formidable obstacles through sheer determination and an ingenious instinct for seeing things in startling new ways.

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