Tag: Donald Prothero

July 11, 2019

Debunking Five Myths About Dinosaurs

“A grand tour of dinosaurs, from one of our most prolific natural history writers. I’ve been reading Donald Prothero’s books since I began studying geology in college, and here he delivers again, with a romping chronicle of some of the...

July 9, 2019

Seven Extraordinary Facts About Dinosaurs

“This book is excellent. Rather than simply a profile of twenty-five dinosaurs, it puts each of these in context of its discovery and significance in terms of the science of paleontology, as well as comparisons with close relations. Thus, it...

September 5, 2013

Donald Prothero at Skylight Books to Talk About Abominable Science! & More Good News About the Book

A scientist discussing his great new book at a great bookstore equals, not surprisingly, a great author event. That is the equation in play tonight as Donald Prothero coauthor of Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous...

August 9, 2013

Is Cryptozoology Dangerous? Daniel Loxton and Donald Prothero Weigh in

“Loxton suspects that the cryptozoology literature may as easily and as often become a “gateway drug” for science literacy as it may be for attitudes of resistance to science” “The more the creationist cryptozoologists manage to damage the understanding of...

August 8, 2013

Interview with Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero, authors of Abominable Science!

The following is an interview with Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero, authors of Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids. In the interview, Loxton and Prothero consider, among other things, the phenomenon of cryptozoology and...

August 7, 2013

Yeti! Nessie!, Bigfoot! As Drawn by Daniel Loxton via Abominable Science

Even as they debunk the myths surrounding monsters like Big Foot and the Abominable Snowman, Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero, the authors of Abominable Science: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids acknowledge their hold over us....

August 6, 2013

Donald Prothero — Bigfoot DNA? It's Playing Possum

The following post by Donald Prothero, coauthor of Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids, was originally published on the Skepticblog: Last February, the news and blogosphere was buzzing with excitement. Someone had claimed that they...

July 16, 2013

New Book Tuesday: Abominable Science, Gendering Global Conflict, and More New Titles

Our weekly list of new titles now available: Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero Gendering Global Conflict: Toward a Feminist Theory of War Laura Sjoberg The Cinema of Michael...