Tag: Abominable Science!

September 3, 2014

Abominable Science! Wins a AAUP Design Award!

Congratulations to designer Philip Pascuzzo and our design department for winning an AAUP award for best book jacket for Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids by Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero. Needless to say,...

May 5, 2014

Design Winners from the 2014 New York Book Show!

We were very excited to hear that four of our books were winners in the 2014 New York Book Show. Sponsored by the Book Industry Guild of New York, the award honors, and celebrates excellence in book production and design....

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 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...