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80 pages of results. 221. Hannes Alfvén (1908-1995) [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... the formation of comet tails, the formation of the solar system, the dynamics of plasmas in our galaxy, and the fundamental nature of the universe itself. Alfvén was the first to predict (in 1963) the large scale filamentary structure of the universe, a discovery that confounded astrophysicists in 1991 and added to the woes of Big Bang cosmology. Hannes Alfvén has played a central role in the development of several modern fields of physics, including plasma physics, the physics of charged particle beams, and interplanetary and magnetospheric physics. He is also usually regarded as the father of the branch of plasma physics known as magnetohydrodynamics. In addition, Alfvén's contributions to astrophysics have been as ...
222. Thoth Vol V, No 4: Mar 15, 2001 [Journals] [Thoth]
... most perplexing archetypes, is no longer seeking an explanation. Moreover, these revelations will bring us into direct liaison with leading experts in plasma science, and the convergence appears to be more powerful than anything we had previously hoped for. NEXT: "Thunder Gods and Celestial Marvels" EDITOR'S NOTE: The Intersect 2001 conference: "Electricity, Cosmology, and Human History" will include the first public presentation of this story, with new animation and other visual support. Dave Talbott ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ...
223. Ladder to Heaven [Journals] [Aeon]
... social discourse with the sky people." [42] Here, once again, we meet with the idea of the World Tree as a road to heaven. A World Tree spanning heaven is attested in Chinese lore as well, despite the fact that a series of infamous book-burnings destroyed the vast majority of early mythological texts. In Chinese cosmology, as Michael Loewe documented, the World Tree was associated with the center of the world: "The concept of the cosmic tree which forms the centre of the world may be traced in Chinese literature from the Chan-kuo period, in various guises. Sometimes it appears as a single tree, such as the Fu-sang or the Jo-mu; ...
224. Minds in Chaos [Books] [de Grazia books]
... , in 1961, radio astronomers announced that radiation from Venus indicated that its surface must have a temperature of 600 degrees F. And in February 1963, after analyzing data from Mariner II, scientists raised this temperature estimate by another 200 degrees (Ref. 3). No convincing explanation has yet been advanced to square this evidence with orthodox cosmologies.] Velikovsky thought his second deduction about Venus-hydrocarbon dust and gases must be present in its atmosphere and envelope - might be investigated spectroscopically. To this end in April 1946 he approached Prof. Harlow Shapley, then director of Harvard College Observatory. Without going into detail, Velikovsky explained that he had developed a hypothesis about recent ...
225. The Cyclic Nature of Ancient Catastrophes [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... resonance between Mars and Jupiter, with Jupiter canceling the Martian precession, which might translate into straightening out the "unruly boy." Is there any truth in this ancient theme also? Did the paternal influences of Father Zeus keep Mars under control for some 1700 years until the final break in ancient resonance? Yet another interesting case of ancient cosmology may be seen in Deimos and Phobos, two tiny, irregularly shaped asteroid-like bodies, 5 and 10 miles in diameter. They might be seen by the naked eye at 1,200,000 miles- but hardly. The ancients ascribed to them the feelings and names of "Fear" and "Panic," and quite appropriately ...
226. Heretics, Dogmatists and Science's Reception of New Ideas [Journals] [Kronos]
... understanding. . . . it might be helpful to remind ourselves regularly of the sizable incompleteness of our understanding . . . of nature and the world around us. ''(14) At least one astronomer of no mean repute is consciously aware of the thrust of Hackerman's admonition. In a book review of P. S. Wesson's Cosmology and Geophysics for Nature, T. C. Van Flandern writes: "Moreover I was pleased to see explicit mention of the assumption underlying this entire discussion [of gravitation and the expansion of the Earth], that there may be as yet undiscovered laws of physics. This has always seemed to me an obvious point as long as ...
227. Thoth Vol IV, No 13: Aug 31, 2000 [Journals] [Thoth]
... ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE ELECTRIC UNIVERSE By Wal Thornhill "The implications of electrical activity between planets will be profoundly disturbing for those who have built their cosmology around the weak force of gravity, acting in an electrically sterile universe. This strange, dogmatic oversight guarantees that nothing will remain in future of the fanciful Big Bang theory or the simplistic story of the formation of the solar system." The pieces of the Electric Universe "Big Picture" are supplied by some remarkable individuals, most ...
... 248. 399 Constellations: and quadrangular earth, 62; names of, 120; relation of signs to, 144-145. See also constellations by name Copernicus, 60, 310, 342 Cornford, F. M., 230-231, 21.3-274, 307-308, 422-423, 424. 426 Corona, 355 Cosmography, and geography, 63 Cosmology, 46-47, 48; myth and, 50, 52-53, 56, IF; rules of, expressed in language of myth, 58 Cosmos, 188; frame of, 23, 36 Creation: described by Timaeus, 306; stories of, 382-383 Crete, 178, 194 Creuzer, Friedrich, 285, 2861 Crocodile. 248 ...
229. Notes (The Atlantis Myth) [Books]
... goddess, a protectress of her land against the encroachment of water, and a culture heroine; unlike her, she was regarded as having existed `by herself, from the beginning', and as having been the `mother of the gods'. Note 14. Athena. Like most of the other Greek deities, Athena shows older cosmological and later culture-heroic traits. In this connection it may be interesting to note the myth of the birth of Athena with its peculiar cosmic and cataclysmic background. Metis (the `meditating one'), a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, and the wisest of all beings then existing whether divine or mortal, was the first wife of ...
230. "Extra-Scientific" Dimensions of Science [Journals] [SIS Review]
... including Velikovsky's thinking. Perhaps most conspicuous in this regard is an ingrained antipathy to theories which, rightly or wrongly, can be linked with a "fundamentalist" point of view. In short, I suggest that scientists may be viewed as the vanguard of an economically and politically interested professional class and, as such, often share a cohesive cosmology, metaphysics and even "religious" stance with which Velikovsky's ideas conflict. Three Explanatory Approaches In order to understand the characteristic limitations of most explanatory accounts of the Velikovsky "affair", it is useful to begin by outlining three standard sociological views of the scientific enterprise: 1) concern with the (moral) norms of science [ ...
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