Product Description

Mark Hofmann had been working as a document dealer for years, selling rare documents to the Mormon Church. In 1985, some people began to doubt the authenticity of the documents. Further inspection by forensic experts proved that Hofmann had been artificially aging the documents with a chemical solution. Hofmann s illegal business was over, and he was sent to prison for his crimes, which even included murder!
The real-life crime stories in this book are followed by science experiments and project ideas that highlight the forensic technique used to solve the crime. How can you identify false documents? Do inks, paper, and computer printers help identify forged documents? Can you do a handwriting analysis to find out if a signature is real? Take careful notes in your case notebook, your observations could crack the case!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #749862 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Library Binding
• 128 pages

Review
. . . fascinating resource . . . The well-organized, highly readable text . . . Librarians, who know the challenge of helping unmotivated students find a science fair project, will enjoy helping students choose these. --Library Media Connection - March 2007

. . . in-depth explorations of DNA testing and document analysis. In each book, detailed background information is followed by a well-sequenced series of case examples and complex projects that involve both experiments and sample analyses. --The Horn Book Guide - Spring 2007

Rainis's books are substantive and will circulate because of positive word of mouth from those who use them in their own quasi-CSI experiments. --School Library Journal - May 2007

About the Author
Kenneth G. Rainis is a microbiologist, illustrator, and microscopist, as well as a cofounder of Neo/Sci Corporation, a science education company in New York. He has a B.S. in biology and an M.S. in protozoology. He is the author of numerous science project books, and is a contributor for biology textbooks. He lives in New York with his wife and two children.

Customer Reviews

I highly recommend this book
I am a Forensic Document Examiner and I teach what I do to students. This is a book I plan to use because it breaks complicated concepts into easy to understand language and applications. I especially love the "do it yourself" experiments.

I highly recommend this book to students and teachers.