Color Atlas and Manual of Microscopy for Criminalists, Chemists, and Conservators | |
| by: Nicholas Petraco, Thomas Kubic | |
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Although methods and techniques that will help solve various analytical problems do exist, they are often difficult to perform. Using polarized light microscopy as the method of choice, Color Atlas and Manual of Microscopy for Criminalists, Chemists, and Conservators offers swift, simple, yet irrefutable analytical tests and testing procedures that can be used to identify organic and inorganic particles. Seasoned forensic microscopists Nicholas Petraco and Thomas Kubic have lent their expertise as consultants to forensic scientists, analytical chemists, art historians, pathologists, customs agents, detectives, gemologists, numismatists, and art conservators. Now they share their extensive photomicrograph collection of minute specimens along with clear, concise, and simple methods to help solve your analytical problems.
This textbook is a must have for both practicing microscopists and students of microscopy. The text photographically illustrates proper techniques used by professional microscopists in a variety of microscopic applications. The references provided with each chapter provide a great avenue for futher studies. I highly recommend this textbook to college professors who teach introductory or advanced techniques of microscopy.
This book is an extremely useful reference manual to have on hand for all microscopists. For the novice, it covers all the basics of microscopy that you will need to know. For the advanced students, it is a well-organized reference guide you will return to again and again. It's populated with lots of photographs and charts, and is an easy read. A definite must for any forensic criminalist's library!
I purchased this book for my husband, as he had previously seen excerpts and thought that the book would be good reference material. He certainly was not disappointed. The book gives clear and concise photographs and other documentation. It has proven helpful as a research resource, akin to "Google", just go to the Atlas and you're sure to find the information, or be pointed in the right direction.
I highly recommend this book for both students enrolled in a college-level forensic microscopy course and for practicing forensic scientists as a desk reference. It is packed with hundreds of color photomicrographs that are referenced and described in the text. Diagrams assist in understanding light paths through specimens. Actual case studies from Petraco and Kubic integrate the theoretical concepts with practical applications.
The book is apparently put together from a couple of PowerPoint presentations. The printed graphics are partly very poor and commonly unsystematic, rarely explaining the point they attempt to make. References to standard text books and further studies are inadequate. The frequent and unnecessary use of abbreviations makes some chapters difficult to read. Some technical mistakes and misleadingly unprecise text passages have been spotted. | |
