Description The battles over evolution, climate change, childhood vaccinations, and the causes of AIDS, alternative medicine, oil shortages, population growth, and the place of Science in our country--all are reaching a fevered pitch.
He has published 32 books, including Rhinoceros Giants: The Paleobiology of Indricotheres (IUP, 2013)
Earth: Portrait of a Planet
The Evolution of Earth
Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters
Catastrophes!; and After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals (IUP, 2006)..
Prothero is Emeritus Professor of Geology at Occidental College and Lecturer in Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology.
Donald R.
About the Author Recipient of the 2013 James Shea Award of the National Association of Geology Teachers for outstanding writing and editing in the geosciences.
Prothero argues that Science Deniers pose a serious threat to society, as their attempts to subvert the truth have resulted in widespread scientific ignorance, increased risk of global catastrophes, and deaths due to the spread of diseases that could have been prevented.
He describes how major scientific ideas that are accepted by the entire scientific community (evolution, anthropogenic global warming, vaccination, the HIV cause of AIDS, and others) have been attacked with totally unscientific arguments and methods.
Prothero explains the scientific process and why society has come to rely on Science not only to provide a better life but also to reach verifiable truths no other method can obtain.
To shed light on this darkness, Donald R.
Many people and institutions have exerted enormous efforts to misrepresent or flatly deny demonstrable scientific Reality to protect their nonscientific ideology, their power, or their bottom line.
Description The battles over evolution, climate change, childhood vaccinations, and the causes of AIDS, alternative medicine, oil shortages, population growth, and the place of Science in our country--all are reaching a fevered pitch
