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The physics of blood spatter

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17 Oct 2019
Taken from the October 2019 issue of Physics World.

Analysing the blood stains following a shooting can be key to finding the perpetrator, but it’s a field of forensics that is being called into question. Sidney Perkowitz explains how understanding the physics behind the blood distribution could help uncover the truth

Joe Bryan, once a popular and respected high-school principal in a small Texas town, has been in pri

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Sidney Perkowitz is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Physics Emeritus at Emory University, US. His latest books are Frankenstein: How a Monster Became an Icon (2018) and (forthcoming in 2019) Physics: a Very Short Introduction and Real Scientists Don’t Wear Ties
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