Wound Ballistics Basics and Applications

The definitive interdisciplinary reference work for wound ballisticsFundamentals in Physics, arms and ammunition, ballisticsSimulating gunshot wounds: Virtopsy  – a virtual autopsy method, combining CT, MRT and surface scanning and Materials that rep

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Beat P. Kneubuehl (Ed.) Robin M. Coupland Markus A. Rothschild Michael J. Thali

Wound Ballistics Basics and Applications

Translation of the revised third German edition (2008) With 234 figures and 156 tables

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Beat P. Kneubuehl, Dr in forens. sci., MD h. c. (Editor) M. in Mathematics Head, Centre of Forensic Physics and Ballistics Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Berne CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland Dr Robin M. Coupland MB, BChir, FRCS Assistance Division, International Committee of the Red Cross CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland Prof. Dr Markus A. Rothschild Director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine Medical Centre of the University of Cologne D-50823 Cologne, Germany Prof. Dr Michael J. Thali Director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine University of Zurich CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland Translation Steve Rawcliffe, BA, PgDip. Int. Trans. F-01210 Versonnex, France

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Preface

The German original of the presen