The body was positioned so that the train neatly obliterated its head and hands. Dressed in a homeless man's clothes with empty pockets, it might easily be passed-off as an unfortunate John Doe. And yet⦠Joe Gunther has a knack for knowing when things don't quite add up, and the math in this case is
Occam's razor
β Scribed by Smith, Temple F.
- Book ID
- 109718912
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 145 KB
- Volume
- 285
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/285620a0
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