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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nice try - but lacks depth,
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This review is from: Explosives and Chemical Weapons Identification (Forensic Science Techniques) (Plastic Comb)
The very best parts of the book are the glossary and the appendices. The rest is a bunch of information put together in the most sloppy way I have ever seen. In the unlikely event that an editor actually did go through the book before publishing - he or she ought to be fired.
The text is, as far as I can see, a lot of print-outs from a spreadsheet, collected in overall categories and given a spiral back. Then sold at $150 !!! The information is given in a list-format, with a keyword and the appropriate factors of relevance for a given section For example: On page 8, section "chemical compounds", dynamite is listed, as an explosive, not a chemical warfare agent, and as a secondary explosive. So far, so good - but the very same information is repeated in the next 13 lines in the very same table (?!?). There are numerous examples of such duplicate information, which all in all becomes very tiresome. The format is a good idea, sections with overall topics, "compounds" "pyrotechnics" and so on, and then a keyword based 'look it up' list of basic information. So in the end two stars: One for the format, and one for the appendices. |
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Explosives and Chemical Weapons Identification (Forensic Science Techniques) by James B. Crippin (Plastic Comb - October 31, 2005)
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