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Case Closed? Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science

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ISBN-10: 1554533635

ISBN-13: 9781554533633

Edition: 2013

Authors: Susan Hughes, Michael Wandelmaier

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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…    
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Book details

List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Kids Can Press, Limited
Publication date: 9/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 88
Size: 8.65" wide x 11.05" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

SUSAN HUGHES is a writer and editor, and has been writing both fiction and non-fiction children’s books for over twenty years. Her book Coming to Canada was shortlisted for the Hackmatack Award and the Norma Fleck Award for Non-fiction, as well as the Red Cedar Book Award. She lives in Toronto.

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.