The science of Sherlock Holmes: from Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the real forensics behind the great detective's greatest cases

2006 ◽  
Vol 44 (04) ◽  
pp. 44-2081-44-2081
Keyword(s):  
Sherlock Holmes ◽  
The Real

Wilde Crimes: The Art of Murder and Decadent (Homo)Sexuality in Gyles Brandreth's Oscar Wilde Series

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-182
Author(s):  
Susanne Gruss
Keyword(s):  
Oscar Wilde ◽  
Reading Public ◽  
Sherlock Holmes ◽  
The Real ◽  
Victorian Fiction ◽  
Historical Detail

Gyles Brandreth's Oscar Wilde novels (2007–12) appropriate Wilde for a neo-Victorian crime series in which the sharp-witted aestheticist serves as a detective à la Sherlock Holmes. This article explores Brandreth's art of adapting Wilde (both the man and the works) and English decadent culture on several levels. The novels can, of course, be read as traditional crime mysteries: while readers follow Wilde as detective, they are simultaneously prompted to decipher the ‘truth’ of biographical and cultural/historical detail. At the same time, the mysteries revolve around Wilde's scandalous (homo)sexuality and thus his masculinity. The novels remain curiously cautious when it comes to the depiction of Wilde as homosexual: all novels showcase Wilde's marriage, Constance's virtues, and Oscar's love for his children, and the real ‘Somdomites’ are the murderers he pursues. By portraying these criminals and their crimes, the novels evade the less comfortable, transgressive aspects of Wilde's sexuality and help to reduce him to a thoroughly amusing decadent suitable for a general reading public. Brandreth's novels can therefore be read as a decidedly conservative account of Wilde's masculinity for the market of neo-Victorian fiction.

Joseph Bell, M.D. — The Real Sherlock Holmes

1958 ◽  
Vol 258 (23) ◽  
pp. 1158-1159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward E. Harnagel
Keyword(s):  
Sherlock Holmes ◽  
The Real

scholarly journals Centaurs, Pegasus, Sherlock Holmes: Against the Prejudice in Favour of the Real

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-72
Author(s):  
Cristina Travanini
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Philosophy ◽  
Formal Ontology ◽  
Sherlock Holmes ◽  
Object Theory ◽  
The Real ◽  
Fictional Objects ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Fictional Object

Abstract Meinong’s thought has been rediscovered in recent times by analytic philosophy: his object theory has significant consequences in formal ontology, and especially his account of impossible objects has proved itself to be decisive in a wide range of fields, from logic up to ontology of fiction. Rejecting the traditional ‘prejudice in favour of the real’, Meinong investigates what there is not: a peculiar non-existing object is precisely the fictional object, which exemplifies a number of properties (like Sherlock Holmes, who lives in Baker Street and is an outstanding detective) without existing in the same way as flesh-and-blood detectives do. Fictional objects are in some sense incomplete objects, whose core of constituent properties is not completely determined. Now, what does it imply to hold that a fictional object may also occur in true statements? We shall deal with the objections raised by Russell and Quine against Meinong’s view, pointing out limits and advantages of both perspectives.

CLUSTERS PROBLEM

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. A99-A99
Author(s):  
Student
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Nuclear Power Plants ◽  
Statistical Study ◽  
Sherlock Holmes ◽  
The Real ◽  
Cause And Effect ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Statistical Studies ◽  
As If

"The study could neither confirm nor deny a link between the leukemia incidents and proximity of nuclear power plants because such statistical studies, by their nature, cannot prove cause and effect." So many scientific papers end with these words. It is as if Sherlock Holmes were going out with a shattered magnifying glass and then assiduously reporting that he could not see anything. The problem is not the intention, but the tool. A cluster is a mysterious grouping of disease, in place or time, possibly a fluke and possibly statistically "real"—that is, not due to chance alone. Statistics can determine the "real" clusters but not what the cause may be. By definition, a statistical study sniffs at a cold trail.

scholarly journals Review of Sherlock Holmes The Complete Novels and Stories

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-94
Author(s):  
Benedicta Keisya Ambarrini
Keyword(s):  
Sherlock Holmes ◽  
The Real ◽  
Crime Detection

The Sherlock Holmes stories were the source of modern crime-solving adaptations that we now experience in television, and Doyle's tales of mystery and adventure were often audacious, insightful and clever. The real draw of his stories is the process of crime detection, that Doyle allows the readers to understand, experience and apply themselves alongside Watson as Holmes investigates the cases.

Scanning electron microscopy of human iliac bone by a simple preparation method

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-227
Author(s):  
Toshihiko Takita ◽  
Tomonori Naguro ◽  
Toshio Kameie ◽  
Akihiro Iino ◽  
Kichizo Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Preparation Method ◽  
Specimen Preparation ◽  
Real Surface ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Preparation Methods ◽  
The Real ◽  
Simple Preparation ◽  
Scanning Electron

Recently with the increase in advanced age population, the osteoporosis becomes the object of public attention in the field of orthopedics. The surface topography of the bone by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is one of the most useful means to study the bone metabolism, that is considered to make clear the mechanism of the osteoporosis. Until today many specimen preparation methods for SEM have been reported. They are roughly classified into two; the anorganic preparation and the simple preparation. The former is suitable for observing mineralization, but has the demerit that the real surface of the bone can not be observed and, moreover, the samples prepared by this method are extremely fragile especially in the case of osteoporosis. On the other hand, the latter has the merit that the real information of the bone surface can be obtained, though it is difficult to recognize the functional situation of the bone.

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