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245 pages of results. 401. A Review of Wells's Review of Sun, Moon, And Sothis [Journals] [Aeon]
... data, would require between 250 and 300 precisely spaced month-lengths according to Huber." Unfortunately, Wells has just about everything wrong here. What Huber actually says- "Astronomy and Ancient Chronology," Akkadica CXIX-CXX (2000), page 159- about his allegedly First Babylonian Dynasty material is this: "The month-length data... ... ." Nonetheless, there is at least some documentation: see page 120 of my book. Calling 365 days a "Venus year" might be compared to the way astronomers say that 346.62 days is an "eclipse year." The question is not whether Wells wants to think that way, but whether the ancients thought that ...
402. Religious Elements in Science [Books] [de Grazia books]
... Golden Fleece, eventuates in taking aboard a witch with the long- sought prize, and Jason and his Argonauts must move on evermore in unresting adventure. The main theories of astronomy are as remote from experience as to be spooky. Astronomers walk on a tightrope between science and religion, depending upon a few principles that are empirically formulated to keep ... field aloft as a science. The most that astronomers can say empirically is that much of the universe, including fortunately most of the solar system, exhibits some large uniformities of behavior. As soon as they retroject or project by thousands of years they become vulnerable, that is, unbelievable. The theories include largely a set of Newtonian laws ...
403. Focus [Journals] [SIS Review]
... the solar system and gives several clues as to his conclusions regarding changes in the solar system prior to those described in Worlds in Collision . Section 2 is devoted to ancient astronomy, the major article being Prof. Rose's "Babylonian Observations of Venus", which so clearly demonstrates how a Velikovskian view of the evidence resolves anomalies which have puzzled ... particular interest are Velikovsky's "The Orientation of the Pyramids" and "On Decoding Hawkins' Stonehenge Decoded'". With sections 3, 4 and 5, more technical astronomical aspects make an appearance, ranging from the stability of the solar system and the research on possible orbits by Rose and Ransom to Juergens' pioneering work on electrical forces ...
404. Stars in an Electric Universe [Journals] [Aeon]
... . The complete model is an interdisciplinary, holistic construct built upon the work of a number of scholars over the last century in the fields of classical and plasma physics, astronomy, electrical engineering, biochemistry and comparative mythology. Some critics have raised the question: "How can a star be formed in the Electric Universe?"- implying ... filamentary structures in stellar nurseries, stars speeding away from their birthplace and giant planets closely orbiting nearby stars, all highlight serious problems with both star and planet formation theories. Astronomers don't seem to sense the irony when they point to glowing wisps of gas and dust at supernovae shock fronts as star birth regions. Halton Arp observed that heating gas ...
405. In Defence of Higher Chronologies [Journals] [SIS Review]
... 278). I shall argue that that is also true of the Sun-Moon octaeteris. Yet Peiser claims that the Sun-Moon octaeteris, because it involves intercalation, presupposes sophisticated mathematical astronomy and complicated calculations: the calculation of a luni-solar octaeteris period . . . requires a highly complicated mathematical system of intercalations . . . In Greece such a sophisticated astronomy ... these conclusions mainly on archaeological and stratigraphical considerations, which I tend to see as of secondary import. My endorsement of Heinsohn's late dating of the First Babylonian Dynasty resulted from astronomical and calendrical considerations, which he tends to see as being of very limited import. My summary here may be too mild to do Heinsohn full justice: he describes ...
406. The Astronomer Royal. File II (Stargazers and Gravediggers) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Stargazers]
... having erupted from the sun, as the tidal theory assumes they did?" I could have added, though I did not, that Jones, in his textbook on astronomy described the enormous size of some comets- the head alone of the comet of 1811 was, according to him, 350 times the volume of Jupiter, which in its ... From "Stargazers and Gravediggers" © 1983 by Immanuel Velikovsky | FULL TEXT NOT AVAILABLE Contents The Astronomer Royal WHEN IN SEPTEMBER 1950 Worlds in Collision was published in England, great guns went into action. The astronomer royal, Sir Harold Spencer Jones, headed the astronomers; J. B. S. Haldane, the evolutionists. The ...
407. A Concluding Retort [Journals] [Pensee]
... into play- computations themselves based on information obtained from Censorinus and Theon of Alexandria (third and fourth centuries of the present era, respectively). In an article, "Astronomy and Chronology" (Pensee, Spring-Summer, 1973), I have shown how utterly unfounded this assembly of astronomical computations is, and on how many arbitrary assumptions it ... of the third century before the present era) as preserved fragmentarily in Josephus, Africanus, and Eusebius. Since their data are often contradictory and their figures palpably wrong, astronomical computations were brought into play- computations themselves based on information obtained from Censorinus and Theon of Alexandria (third and fourth centuries of the present era, respectively). In ...
408. Letters [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... I should imagine that the general public would be more familiar with "shadow clocks" than "astronomical clocks". It seems to me that once someone becomes interested in astronomy, he presumes everyone else has shed his ignorance of heavenly bodies and movements. Why use convoluted explanations when simple ones will do? In Issue No.3 Mike ... for the modern printed calendar. One thus only has to consult the zodiacal stars if one also needs to name the month". My mind boggles at the thought of astronomically ignorant people dashing out to look at the Moon to find out what day it is, or arguing about what zodiacal sign is which to ascertain what month it is ...
409. Personal Notes [Journals] [Pensee]
... it has been a distinct pleasure to produce this program. I would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to do so. Cordially, John Nation Director of Astronomy Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Fort Worth, Texas John Nation August 23, 1972 Dear Dr. Velikovsky: I have just returned home from what is surely ... persons have inquired where they may get the book; others have simply expressed their enjoyment .. . The program was also presented in an exclusive showing to the Fort Worth Astronomical Society. Dr. Ransom was on hand to answer questions afterward, and the reports on the meeting were again most favorable In summary, it has been a distinct ...
... example: "At issue is whether an obviously brilliant and creative scholar who by training is not a qualified' practitioner of a particular branch of science (in this case astronomy) can expect to be accorded serious consideration by scientists in that field for a daring but well documented proposal whose acceptance would require 275 Some Realities about Science sweeping changes ... of the disagreement. Further, to scientists the proposals were not "well documented"; they were not documented at all in the terms of the disciplines involved- physicists and astronomers do not regard folklore and religious documents as constituting reliable data in their fields. So the scientific judgment was based on different premises from those of Velikovsky's supporters, and ...
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