All That Is Left. The Famous Forensic Expert on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes

What happens to the human body after death? Why do people tell each other stories about reanimated corpses? How can one dispose of their remains? Birth and death are the two constants of our lives that no one has yet managed to avoid. However, we prefer to confront death less often, as we have that opportunity. What made the author choose a profession inextricably linked to it? Professor Sue Black, a pathologist and forensic anthropologist, conducts research on human remains for legal and scientific purposes. From fragments of a skeleton, she can determine sex, race, age, and many other distinctive features of its owner. Sometimes this information decides the outcome of a court case, and sometimes it helps to clarify historical events of considerable antiquity. Sue Black does not dramatize death and helps to unravel many questions related to it. So what do we leave behind? It turns out, quite a lot! I ask you for one thing: forget for at least a little while your attitude towards death, your distrust, hatred, and fear, and perhaps you will see it as I do. It is possible that, after getting acquainted with it, you will become kinder towards death and stop being afraid of it. From my experience, I can say that interacting with it is exhilarating, captivating, and never boring, but it is quite capricious and sometimes completely unpredictable. We have nothing to lose anyway - the meeting will happen sooner or later, so it is much better to confront the death you already know face to face.