The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers

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   “I’m not a violent person.”
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  Kathy is one of only about 100 certified Forensic Anthropologists in the U.S. and Canada. She uses science to solve real-life crime mysteries and to identify remains. But she doesn’t carry a gun.
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  How can you be involved in solving serial murders and not share that kind of magic with the world? You can’t! Kathy is the author of the best-selling Temperance Brennan mystery novels and is a producer/writer for the series, “Bones,” which is based on her novels.
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  Digging Up ‘Bones’
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 Kathy Reichs goes from solving mysteries as a forensic anthropologist to creating mysteries in her Temperance Brennan novels and the TV series "Bones".
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 She Couldn’t Even Dissect a Frog
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 Kathy Reichs couldn't dissect a frog in high school, but her favorite "Bones" episode is "gross and disgusting".
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 Only for David Duchovny
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 Kathy Reichs gets bamboozled into appearing on an episode of "Bones"... because David Duchovny.
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