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solving crimes with physics
Bombs may be inconspicuously packaged and sent through the mail.
aspect of most bomb sites. But once the direction is determined, it is easy
enough to draw lines back along the direction of travel and find the place
where they converge.
After finding the explosion’s point of origin, the investigator can begin
looking for pieces of the bomb itself. Normally, these pieces are found by
moving away from the bomb along the path of travel of the shock wave,
since the pieces all move with the blast. They may be deeply embedded
