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Abominable science! origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and other famous cryptids

Loxton and Prothero complete an entertaining, educational, and definitive text on demonstrably false phenomena, presenting both the arguments for and against their existence and systematically challenging the pseudoscience perpetuating their myths.

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Main Authors: Loxton, Daniel, 1975- (Author), Prothero, Donald R. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Cryptozoology.
Animals, Mythical.
Pseudoscience.
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Summary:Loxton and Prothero complete an entertaining, educational, and definitive text on demonstrably false phenomena, presenting both the arguments for and against their existence and systematically challenging the pseudoscience perpetuating their myths.
Physical Description:xvi, 411 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-393) and index.
ISBN:9780231153201 (hardback : acid-free paper)
0231153201 (hardback : acid-free paper)
Author Notes:Donald R. Prothero is a Research Associate in Vertebrate Paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. He has taught college geology and paleontology for 40 years at institutions such as Columbia University, Vassar College, Knox College, and Pierce College, and currently at Cal Poly Pomona. For 27 years, he was Professor of Geology at Occidental College in Los Angeles and Lecturer in Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. He earned his M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in geological sciences from Columbia University. He is the author of over 300 scientific papers published in leading journals and over 30 titles in geology, paleontology and evolutionary biology.

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