Vol. VII PART A

(Note: There is no Part B)

S.I.S. Review

Journal of the Society for Interdisciplinary Studies



Articles

Dr Trevor Palmer: Catastrophism and Evolution
99
An authority in the field of mutational change reviews the growing weight of evidence from many disciplines for patterns of catastrophic evolution.
Professor Robert Jastrow: Velikovsky: Hero or Heretic? 21
An eminent astronomer and geologist assesses Velikovsky's contribution to science in the light of evidence from the geological and climatological records.

Features:
Focus:
2
5
7
8
Forum:
24
26
29
31
33
Briefings:
3
17
30
  • Back Issues: Full Listings back cover
Back
cover
Bookshelf:
Brian Moore reviews The Cosmic Heretics by Alfred de Grazia
35
Letters:
from Eric Crew, Professor Archie Roy and Dr William Stiebing
36


This issue is dedicated to the memory of René Gallant (see pp. 2-3)

Cover illustration - Imaginative depiction of an awesome sword-shaped comet seen in 1527: 16th-century English woodcut.

Copyright (c) Society for Interdisciplinary Studies 1985
ISSN 0308-3276


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Brian Moore

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Contributing Editor:
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Editorial Associates:
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Wal Thornhill (Science)

Editorial Consultants:
Dr John Bimson (Biblical Archaeology)
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) (Judacia)
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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