This week on Heretical Minds Joseph and Chris will be interviewing Donald Prothero on the topic of science denial and his New Book "Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future".

Donald is an American paleontologist, geologist, and author who specializes in mammalian paleontology. His research has been in the field of magnetostratigraphy, a technique to date rock layers of the Cenozoic era and its use to date the climate changes which occurred 30-40 million years ago. He is currently the author or editor of more than 30 books and over 250 scientific papers, including five geology textbooks.

Stephen Jay Gould cited Prothero's research on the lack of response to climate change in mammals from the Eocene, Oligocene and Pleistocene epochs to support the punctuated equilibrium model of evolution. He called Prothero “the best punctuated equilibrium researcher on the West Coast”.[1].  

This is the newest series to be premiering on the Atheist Analysis Network and will be concentrating on psychological phenomena and their many biological implications, new or cutting edge scientific developments, and the political consequences of new scientific, psychological, and engineering discoveries.  Joseph brings years of expertise as a practicing psychology major and former devotee of the church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints while Chris is a Mechanical Engineering entrepreneur and life long non believer.

Donald's Book Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future
http://www.amazon.com/Reality-Check-Science-Deniers-Threaten/dp/0253010292

More Books Available from Donald Prothero!
http://www.amazon.com/Donald-R.-Prothero/e/B001IGO7HM/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

Donald Prothero's Home Page
http://donaldprothero.com/

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