Vol. V Number 4

S.I.S. Review

Journal of the Society for Interdisciplinary Studies



Articles

Dr Victor Clube: Cometary Catastrophes and the ideas of Immanuel Velikovsky
106
A distinguished astronomer expounds a new theory which could form a bridgehead between Velikovskian catastrophism and conventional uniformitarianism.
Martin Sieff: Velikovsky and his Heroes112
A novel and provocative approach to Ages in Chaos, analysing Velikovsky's historical writings from a literary and psychological perspective.
Dr John Bimson: The Years 763 and 687 BC121
How sound is the evidence for dating a global upheaval to 687 BC? John Bimson re-examines the evidence and suggests that the date 763 BC may be a fruitful area for further research.

Features:

In Passing: Life off Earth, by Dr Trevor Palmer
102
Briefings:
109
120
120
Bookshelf
123
125
127
128
In Future Issuesiv



Cover illustration - Bronze Age rock drawing from Shishkino, Lena Valley, Siberia, showing an eyeless cosmic monster about to swallow the Sun or Moon. See Clube's remarks on the ancient fear of eclipses, p. 110 of this issue. (Source - A. P. Okladnikov: "The Petroglyphs of Siberia" Scientific American 221:2, 1969, pp. 74-82.)

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Eric Crew, F.I.E.E., F.R.A.S. (Physics)
Dr John J. Fermor (Climatology)
Michael Jones, M.A. (Cantab.) (Egyptology)
Hyam Maccoby, M.A. (Oxon) (Judaica)
Dr Hugo Meynell (Philosophy)
Dr John Milsom (Geophysics)
Dr Earl Milton (Physics)
Dr Trevor Palmer (Life Sciences)
Michael Reade, D.S.C. (Observational Astronomy)
Dr Don Robins (Chemistry)
Peter Warlow (Physics)

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