Weird Earth. Donald R. Prothero

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       This book is a publication of

      Red Lightning Books

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      Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA

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      © 2020 by Donald R. Prothero

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       Manufactured in the United States of America

      First printing 2020

      ISBN 978-1-68435-061-2 (hdbk.)

      ISBN 978-1-68435-136-7 (web PDF)

      This book is dedicated to the great geologists who trained me and inspired me:

      Harry Cook

      Mike Woodburne

      Mike Murphy

      Lewis Cohen

      Peter Sadler

      Paul Robinson

      Wally Broecker

      Neil Opdyke

      Dennis Kent

      Bill Ryan

      Walter Pitman

      Rich Schweickert

      Larry DeMott

      Dewey Moore

      Bob Dott

       CONTENTS

       Foreword

       Preface

       Acknowledgments

       1 Science and Critical Thinking

       2 The Flat Earth

       3 Ptolemy Revisited

       4 The Hollow Earth

       5 Is the Earth Expanding?

       6 Did We Really Land on the Moon?

       7 Magnetic Myths

       8 Earth-Shaking Myths

       9 Quacks and Quakes

       10 Was There a Great Flood?

       11 Are Dinosaurs Faked?

       12 Is the Earth Only Six Thousand Years Old?

       13 Mysteries of Mount Shasta

       14 The Myth of Atlantis

       15 The Mysterious Ley Lines

       16 Crystal Con Artists

       17 Water Witching

       18 Mysterious Earth: Why People Want to Believe Weird Things

       Notes

       For Further Reading

       Index