Crime scene chemistry

By Mark Baron2007-09-01T00:00:00

Mark Baron reviews this introduction to chemistry for university students

Investigating chemistry. A forensic science perspective

Matthew E. Johll

New York: W. H. Freeman 2007 | Pp458 | £29.99 | ISBN 0 716 76433 4

Reviewed by Mark Baron

Intended for first-year university students studying non-science degree courses in the US that may have little, if any, background in chemistry, this book may be of limited value for UK students starting chemistry degree programmes. However, there may be a market with UK students who are studying a degree that includes some chemical science, but which does not have A-level chemistry as an entry requirement. This is the case with several forensic science degree courses and so both the content and context would be suited to these courses.

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