All That Remains: A Life in Death

ISBN-13: 9781784162818 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 368 str.

Professor Sue Black

Opis

SALTIRE BOOK OF THE YEAR - SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Sue Black's utterly gripping account of her life and career as a professor of anatomy and forensic anthropology. ' - Guardian. A model of how to write about the effect of human evil without losing either objectivity or sensitivity' - Rowan Williams, New StatesmanSue Black confronts death every day. As a professor of anatomy and forensic anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident or natural disaster. In All That Remains she reveals the many faces of death she has come to know, using key cases to explore how forensic science has developed, and examining what her life and work has taught her.Part memoir, part science, part meditation on death, her book is compassionate, surprisingly funny, and it will make you think about death in a new light.

Recenzje

One might expect [this book] to be a grim read but it absolutely isn't. I found it invigorating! Andrew Marr BBC Radio 4 'Start the Week'

O autorze

Professor Dame Sue Black is one of the world's leading anatomists and forensic anthropologists. She is also the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University. She was the lead anthropologist for the British Forensic Team's work in the war crimes investigations in Kosovo, and she was one of the first forensic scientists to travel to Thailand following the Indian Ocean tsunami to provide assistance in identifying the dead. Sue is a familiar face in the media, where documentaries have been filmed about her work, and she led the highly successful BBC 2 series History Cold Case.

Sue was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to forensic anthropology.

She is the author of the critically acclaimed Sunday Times bestseller All That Remains.