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From the lab to the courtroom

24 Jun 2020
Taken from the June 2020 issue of Physics World.

In this article (originally published in Lateral Thoughts, Physics World’s regular column of humorous and offbeat essays, puzzles, crosswords, quizzes and comics, which appears on the back page of the print edition) Sidney Perkowitz introduces us to two physicists who were elementary to the field of forensic science

(Courtesy: NBS/NIST)
Not many physicists carry a gun to defend themselves against attackers provoked by their research, b

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