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Egypt's first female pharaoh disappears around 1457 BCE -- was she murdered? Find out how DNA closes the case. The ancient Arabian Peninsula city of Ubar vanishes, seemingly without trace. Find out how old maps and modern space shuttles help solve the mystery. Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition to find the Northwest Passage is never heard from again. Find out how spectroscopy points to some probable explanations. Case Closed? examines these and six other mysteries from ancient and modern times. Accompanied by photos, maps, diagrams and illustrations, this book reveals how modern science sheds new light on people, vessels and entire civilizations throughout history that simply vanished. In some cases, the mystery has been solved. In other cases, readers can examine the latest evidence and decide for themselves.
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Susan Hughes an award-winning author, whose books for children include Case Closed?, No Girls Allowed, Earth to Audrey and Virginia. She has loved horses since she was a child and has long dreamed of setting a story on Sable Island. Susan lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Michael Wandelmaier is an illustrator and graphic designer who uses both traditional and digital media in his work. He is the illustrator of Case Closed? Michael lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Michael Wandelmaier is an illustrator and graphic designer who uses both traditional and digital media in his work. He is the illustrator of Case Closed? Michael lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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Solved by Science!,
This review is from: Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science (Hardcover)
CASE CLOSED? NINE MYSTERIES UNLOCKED BY MODERN SCIENCE by Susan HughesWe all love a good mystery. We want to know what really happened to the Franklin expedition. Did anyone survive? What happened to Anastasia, the lost princess of Russia? Where did Amelia Earhart crash? Or did she? Was there really a lost city of Ubar in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula? We want to finally lay those mysteries to rest. The passage of time and many newly developed scientific methods, such as, CAT scans, DNA testing, and Shuttle Imaging Radar-B (SIR-B), help us to do just that. Susan Hughes is an accomplished, versatile writer. She has published picture books, chapter books, many wonderful non-fiction titles and a YA novel, VIRGINIA. In CASE CLOSED? Hughes brings her elegant, energetic style and her tireless research skills, to the mysteries mentioned above and a few more besides. The book is beautiful in its presentation. I like the magazine trim-size and the illustrations are charming. Michael Wandelmaier has given them an old-time quality which is perfect for the subject matter. I also like the book's organization. Each 'mystery' begins with background pages setting the stage, a '"Case Open"' section, and the final query, 'Mystery Solved?' Susan Hughes, the author tells me about writing CASE CLOSED? She writes, "'It was one of those books that was fun to research, fun to write, and fun to edit ' and the individual stories remained fascinating to me all the way through the process.'" And this enjoyment in the writing of the book is translated into an enjoyable read for us all.
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This review is from: Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science (Hardcover)
Mysteries and Current Science: A Natural for the Inquisitive Child, November 27, 2010By Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science (Hardcover) Though this excellent book CASE CLOSED? NINE MYSTERIES UNLOCKED BY MODERN SCIENCE is designated by the author as being for the ages 8 - 12 range, it would be surprising if the adults reading this book purchased as a gift for a youngster would be able to put it down without consuming the contents! Author Susan Hughes is an award-winning writer of children's books ('Virginia,' 'No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure') from Canada and for this reader she steps into a wholly different stratosphere with the publication of this book. She is obviously an informed investigator as well as an entertaining and credible writer: this book contains information not only of well known mysteries that have yet to be solved and includes some mysteries that few people have encountered. With the able assistance of fellow Canadian illustrator and graphic designer Michael Wandelmaier, Hughes offers a trip into ancient and modern puzzles and then introduces the manner in which our new scientific technology is solving some of these mysteries. This she and Wandelmaier achieve by visual and printed explanations of DNA testing, CT scanning, satellite photography, dendrochronolgy (the study of tree rings to determine age), computer simulation, spectrometry, sonar detection and more. The nine 'mysteries' explored are searching for the Egyptian female pharaoh Hatshepsut, the strange disappearance of the Chinese mariner Hsu Fu, the lost city of Ubar in Arabia, the Anasazi tribes who once inhabited the 'four corners' of the west (where Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah join), the disappearance of explorer Sir John Franklin while searching for the Northwest Passage in 1845 and the similar disappearance of Mt. Everest climber George Mallory in 1924, the very well known mystery of the Russian Romanov Princess Anastasia, the lost flight of the Star Dust aircraft in 1974, and finally the lost Israeli submarine INS Dakar in 1968. For each of these cases Hughes first shares the history behind the mystery, then explores the possible solutions to each mystery as far as investigation has taken us, and follows that with carefully explaining each of the scientific methods used to unravel the mystery: it is a superb combination of history, myth, speculations based on previous data, and lessons on current technology that may be the first scientific study that the young readers encounter. Each case is laid out in the same manner, due to not only Hughes' writing, but also in large part due to the excellent recreations of old ideas and contemporary technology as drawn and designed by Wandelmaier. The book is handsomely designed and produced, combining photographs of contemporary investigators (a very wise move on the part of Hughes and Wandelmaier in making the studies credible to children) with photographs of mummies and artifacts that add to the exploration of these immensely interesting cases. This is a splendid book for the home and the classroom - probably one of the finest gifts for the young ones in your life for Christmas! Grady Harp, November 10
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AWESOME!! CASE CLOSED? NINE MYSTERIES UNLOCKED BY MODERN SCIENCE BY SUSAN HUGHES,
By April A. Renn "aarenn(AprilR)" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science (Hardcover)
CASE CLOSED? NINE MYSTERIES UNLOCKED BY MODERN SCIENCE by Susan Hughes is a children's nonfiction. It is full of information and is for children ages 8 to 12/grades 3 to 7. It has great llustrations, intrigue, case history, maps, diagrams which are very intersting. According to my 9 year old grandson, who loves history it is "AWESOME". He was greatly fascinated, intrigued and throughly enjoyed this book. I would recommend it for all ages. This book was received for review from Bostick Communications and the author and details can be found at Kids Can Press and My Book Addiction and More.
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Mysteries and Current Science: A Natural for the Inquisitive Child,
By Grady Harp - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science (Hardcover)
Though this excellent book CASE CLOSED? NINE MYSTERIES UNLOCKED BY MODERN SCIENCE is designated by the author as being for the ages 8 - 12 range, it would be surprising if the adults reading this book purchased as a gift for a youngster would be able to put it down without consuming the contents! Author Susan Hughes is an award-winning writer of children's books ('Virginia,' 'No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure') from Canada and for this reader she steps into a wholly different stratosphere with the publication of this book. She is obviously an informed investigator as well as an entertaining and credible writer: this book contains information not only of well known mysteries that have yet to be solved and includes some mysteries that few people have encountered. With the able assistance of fellow Canadian illustrator and graphic designer Michael Wandelmaier, Hughes offers a trip into ancient and modern puzzles and then introduces the manner in which our new scientific technology is solving some of these mysteries. This she and Wandelmaier achieve by visual and printed explanations of DNA testing, CT scanning, satellite photography, dendrochronolgy (the study of tree rings to determine age), computer simulation, spectrometry, sonar detection and more.The nine 'mysteries' explored are searching for the Egyptian female pharaoh Hatshepsut, the strange disappearance of the Chinese mariner Hsu Fu, the lost city of Ubar in Arabia, the Anasazi tribes who once inhabited the 'four corners' of the west (where Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah join), the disappearance of explorer Sir John Franklin while searching for the Northwest Passage in 1845 and the similar disappearance of Mt. Everest climber George Mallory in 1924, the very well known mystery of the Russian Romanov Princess Anastasia, the lost flight of the Star Dust aircraft in 1974, and finally the lost Israeli submarine INS Dakar in 1968. For each of these cases Hughes first shares the history behind the mystery, then explores the possible solutions to each mystery as far as investigation has taken us, and follows that with carefully explaining each of the scientific methods used to unravel the mystery: it is a superb combination of history, myth, speculations based on previous data, and lessons on current technology that may be the first scientific study that the young readers encounter. Each case is laid out in the same manner, due to not only Hughes' writing, but also in large part due to the excellent recreations of old ideas and contemporary technology as drawn and designed by Wandelmaier. The book is handsomely designed and produced, combining photographs of contemporary investigators (a very wise move on the part of Hughes and Wandelmaier in making the studies credible to children) with photographs of mummies and artifacts that add to the exploration of these immensely interesting cases. This is a splendid book for the home and the classroom - probably one of the finest gifts for the young ones in your life for Christmas! Grady Harp, November 10 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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A book that will light the fire of science in children,
By Charles Ashbacher - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science (Hardcover)
Forensic and investigative science has made enormous strides in the last few decades, making it possible to reach conclusions based on much more subtle clues. This book contains nine historical mysteries that have been at least partially resolved due to the use of modern scientific techniques. The cases are:*) Hatshepsut - she was the first female Egyptian pharaoh and the question was: Where is her mummy and how did she die, of natural causes or was she murdered? *) Hsu Fu - he was a Chinese explorer that departed from China in bamboo boats at approximately 215 BCE. There were approximately 3000 people on the small armada of boats and a modern crew builds such a bamboo boat and sails it off into the Pacific to determine if it is possible to use them to travel from China to the North American continent. *) City of Ubar - this is a city that supposedly existed in the desert of what is now Saudi Arabia. It was a central hub of commerce that was consumed by a violent sandstorm. *) The Anasazi - this is the name given to the people that lived in the four corners region of the United States. They developed a set of large and permanent communities and then appeared to suddenly abandon their dwellings and disappear. *) Sir John Franklin - he was the leader of a British expedition that was trying to sail through the reputed Northwest Passage, a sea route through the Arctic Ocean above Canada. The expedition vanished, leaving few traces despite thirty expeditions launched to find them. *) Anastasia - a team of forensic pathologists went to the Yekaterinburg area of Russia trying to determine what happened to all the children of the deposed Czar Nicholas II. *) George L. Mallory - Mallory was one member of a two-man team trying to scale Mount Everest in 1924. He and his partner Andrew Irvine vanished and while the remains of their last camp were found, the bodies of the men were not. *) Star Dust - in 1947 the passenger plane Star Dust was traveling between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Santiago, Chile when it suddenly disappeared over the Andes Mountains. *) INS Dakar - the Dakar was an Israeli submarine that vanished in the Mediterranean Sea in 1968. This is a chronicle of the search for the wreckage and an attempt to determine the cause. It is much easier to incite the love of science in children when they can see it applied to do cool things. Children love mysteries and puzzles and in this book they can see some of the most advanced science applied in the investigation of events. Some are ancient while others are more recent, yet all demonstrate the thrill of applying science to the solution of unsolved human mysteries. |
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