The American public’s obsession with forensic science probably reached its peak around a decade ago when a string of "CSI" TV programs began filling out network lineups. Complicated cases would be solved neatly in an hour, thanks to the efforts of stylish teams of scientists who only spent part of their investigative time in a lab.
But the forensics phenomenon came decades after the pioneering work of Edward Oscar Heinrich.
Author Kate Winkler Dawson tells his story in the book, " American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics and the Birth of CSI."
The Show spoke with her about how famous Heinrich was among his contemporaries.
