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]
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Table of Contents:
  • Cryptozoology : real science or pseudoscience?
  • Bigfoot : the Sasquatch
  • The Yeti : the Abominable Snowman
  • Nessie : the Loch Ness monster
  • The evolution of the sea serpent : from Hippocamp to Cadborosaurus
  • Mokele Mbembe : the Congo dinosaur
  • Why do people believe in monsters? : the complexity of cryptozoology.