Exotic Zoology
LC Class | 59-8356 | |
Exotic Zoology is a 1959 cryptozoological book[1] by Willy Ley, a science writer and space advocate. The illustrator of the book is Olga Ley.[2]
Content
Ley had written a number of books containing scientific oddities; Exotic Zoology collects the cryptozoological matter from those books.John Mandeville's Travels.[5] Some of the claims have been criticized or ridiculed, for instance the statement that giant squids had left scars on whales of two feet in diameter.[6][7]
Exotic Zoology was not reviewed in many academic journals. An exception was a review in the Science journal, in 1959.[8]
References
- ISBN 978-1-57392-021-6.
- ^ "Who illustrated "Exotic Zoology"?". literature.stackexchange.com. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
- ISBN 978-0-88839-612-9.
- Saturday Review. 50: 41. 1967. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-7748-0724-1.
- ISBN 978-1-59228-967-7.
- ISBN 978-0-14-028676-2.
- S2CID 239833451.
External links
- A Bibliography of the Works of Willy Ley Archived 2011-08-20 at the Wayback Machine by Jean M. Perreault, University of Alabama in Huntsville
