Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero. Columbia Univ., $29.95 (424p) ISBN 978-0-231-15320-1
Loxton and Prothero (Reality Check) stake out the world’s best-known (if never observed) cryptids and—unsurprisingly—come up with zilch. But that doesn’t mean the hunt isn’t an interesting one. In their breakdown of cryptozoology, the skeptical duo (
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Donald R. Prothero, Author . Columbia Univ. $29.50 (274p) ISBN 978-0-231-14660-9
Prothero, a prolific paleontologist (From Greenhouse to Icehouse
) at Occidental College, says the goal for his new book is simply “to inject the human side of the profession into the story of the research topics” he has worked on during
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Donald R. Prothero. Columbia Univ, $35 (432p) ISBN 978-0-231-17190-8
Despite his title, paleontologist Prothero (Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters) eschews a narrow focus on 25 critical fossils to instead examine sets of fossils that demonstrate the bridges between divergent groups. As he makes clear,
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Donald R. Prothero. Columbia Univ., $35 (352p) ISBN 978-0-231-18260-7
As he has done so well in the past, Prothero (The Story of Life in 25 Fossils), professor of geology at Cal Poly Pomona, uses the geological record to answer many important questions about planet Earth. In 25 short and enjoyable chapters, he...
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Donald R. Prothero. Smithsonian, $27.95 (208p) ISBN 978-1-58834-635-3
Despite the title, the Toba volcano makes not much more than a cameo appearance in this slim volume. Prothero (The Story of Earth in 25 Rocks), a paleontologist and geologist, describes Toba’s eruption on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, around...
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Donald R. Prothero. Indiana Univ., $35 (392p) ISBN 978-0-253-01029-2
Geology professor and prolific author Prothero (Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters) takes on the science deniers, including creationists, climate change naysayers, and AIDS deniers. Prothero addresses nine topics for which a segment...
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Donald Prothero and Timothy Callahan. Indiana Univ., $28 (448p) ISBN 978-0-253-02692-7
Prothero (Rhinoceros Giants), a geologist and paleontologist, and Callahan, religion editor for Skeptic Magazine, explore popular paranormal notions and conspiracy theories while explaining the best ways to evaluate them. The first step, the authors
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Donald R. Prothero, Author, Carl Buell, Illustrator . Columbia Univ. $29.50 (408p) ISBN 978-0-231-13962-5
Prothero, a geologist at Occidental College (After the Dinosaurs
), explains how rich the fossil record has become. His goal is two-fold. First, he wants to demonstrate the wide variety of transitional forms that have been found, many within the...
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