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245 pages of results. 241. Worlds In Collision And Recent Finds In Astronomy. Ch.17 Supplement (Earth In Upheaval) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Earth in Upheaval]
... From "Earth in Upheaval" © 1955 by Immanuel Velikovsky | FULL TEXT NOT AVAILABLE Contents Worlds In Collision And Recent Finds In Astronomy In the years when the manuscript of Worlds in Collision was in the hands of The Macmillan Company of New York, accepted for publication though not yet published (1946-49), and in the years following ... sky after sunset, stretching in the path of the sun and other planets (ecliptic), the mysterious origin of which has for a long time occupied the minds of astronomers, has been explained in recent years as the reflection of the solar light from two rings of dust particles, one following the orbit of Venus, the other an ...
242. "Proofs" of the Stability of the Solar System [Journals] [Kronos]
... must admit that in lowering this traditional figure by a factor of 105, Brown was engaged in a drastic retreat. The retreat became a rout when the Regius Professor of Astronomy of the University of Glasgow, in a 1953 treatise on dynamical astronomy, spelled out the explicit quantitative details of Brown's doubts and demonstrated unquestionably that the interval of assured ... respect to the mean distances, furthermore, this indirect statement was a summary of an earlier summary by Brown, published in 1932 as his retiring presidential address to the American Astronomical Society. Upon looking up what Brown actually said on that occasion, we find that he allowed for the possibility that the eccentricities could increase until some of the planets ...
243. "Proofs" of the Stability of the Solar System [Journals] [Pensee]
... must admit that in lowering this traditional figure by a factor of 105, Brown was engaged in a drastic retreat. The retreat became a rout when the Regius Professor of Astronomy of the University of Glasgow, in a 1953 treatise on dynamical astronomy, spelled out the explicit quantitative details of Brown's doubts and demonstrated unquestionably that the interval of assured ... respect to the mean distances; furthermore, this indirect statement was a summary of an earlier summary by Brown, published in 1932 as his retiring Presidential address to the American Astronomical Society. Upon looking up what Brown actually said on that occasion, we find that he allowed for the possibility that the eccentricities could increase until some of the planets ...
244. Comets in Perspective: What the Comet Halley probes tell us [Journals] [Horus]
... No. 2 (Summer 1986) Home | Issue Contents Comets in Perspective: What the Comet Halley probes tell us F. Glenn Graham Nowhere is the ancient passion for astronomy any more evident than in the pre-Columbian ruins of Mesoamerica. In the Yucatan, and other parts of Mexico and Central America, ancient remains have been uncovered showing a ... system of cities and their satellites, a network of straight stone-paved highways between them, and ingenious astronomical alignments of pyramids and temples, themselves richly decorated with astronomical symbols. It seemed an appropriate setting, in introducing the topic of perception in ancient astronomy, to observe and to photograph for the reader (see cover) still another apparition in ...
245. The Goddess of the Stones and the Charged Cosmic Body [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... based on supernatural beliefs. This article examines the merits of two very different hypotheses concerning ubiquitous rock carvings; one based on meteorological processes and the other on an event in astronomy. Both may be applicable; time will tell. An account of the views relating to the astronomical matters, giving more details of the calculations involved, was published ... Review X [1988], pp. 43-48 & 56 ( 'Erratic Events in the Solar System'. Critical comments on this article by C. Leroy Ellenberger and my reply were published in Workshop 1989:1 , pp. 26-27. Details of the investigation of the Babylonian observations were published in Workshop 1986:2 , pp. ...
246. Bookshelf [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... and Myth Invented the Cosmos, by Anthony Aveni. Times Books, 1992 ($ 21). Aveni started as an astronomer but became drawn to the study of pre-Columbian astronomy via a survey of the astral orientation of the pyramids of ancient Teotihuacan. This latest book is a readable account of what he sees as the ancient search for celestial ... Venus rules Conversing with the Planets: How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos, by Anthony Aveni. Times Books, 1992 ($ 21). Aveni started as an astronomer but became drawn to the study of pre-Columbian astronomy via a survey of the astral orientation of the pyramids of ancient Teotihuacan. This latest book is a readable account of ...
247. Forum Part Two [Journals] [SIS Review]
... that the apparent destruction of the Bronze Age cultures, documented by various destruction layers around the world [9 ], and the rise of the sciences, ethical teachings, astronomy, monotheism and historical consciousness, which all followed the Age of destruction, were related to cosmic catastrophes. Yet, we are confronted with a most paradoxical phenomenon. ... that the hysterical reaction about Velikovsky in the 1950s has stood as a hurdle for research on extra-terrestrial catastrophism for almost 30 years. Two months later, one of England's leading astronomers, Sir Bernard Lovell, discussed the question: Will a space rock destroy the world? ' [4 ]. Finally, on September 4th, an American amateur ...
248. Electricity in Astronomy, 1847 [Journals] [SIS Review]
... From: SIS Chronology & Catastrophism Review 1997:2 (Apr 1998) Home | Issue Contents Electricity in Astronomy, 1847 Michael G. Reade Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Vol. 107, No. 6, pp. 325-331. Article by S. William Ruskin, headed When London viewed the southern skies: The reception ... Sir John Herschel's Cape Results. In the course of a long and very highly rated paper on his astronomical observations, published 1847, Sir John Herschel suggested that the rapid changes in the apparent shape and size of Halley's comet, which he had been observing, could be due to electric charge on the sun. The point was picked upon ...
249. Bookshelf [Journals] [SIS Review]
... From: SIS Review Vol V No 4 (1984) Home | Issue Contents Bookshelf BABYLONIAN ASTRONOMY Saving the Appearances ASTRONOMICAL DATING OF BABYLON I AND UR III by Peter J. Huber (with acknowledgement to 6 co-workers), published as "Occasional Papers on the Near East" Vol. I, Issue 4, June 1982 by Undena ... , P.O . Box 97, Malibu, California 90265, U.S .A . (93pp., price $9 .50+ $1 .40 postage). MICHAEL READE Michael Reade, DSO, is an experienced marine navigator, a chemistry consultant in industry, and consultant on observational astronomy for the Review, ...
250. Greek Debt To Babylonians [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... <100735.1765@compuserve.com> Date: 27 Feb 97 00:14:34 EST Clark Whelton asks: I'd like to know more about Greeks learning astronomy from Babylonians. Could you give me a reference, please? Thanks. Peter James replies: There is stacks of stuff. In Greek discussions of astronomy there are ... Greek borrowing from the Babylonians on astronomy see e.g . Vol. 1, p. 291 on Democritus "who had spent some time in the East and his astronomic ideas were definitely Babylonian", p.444ff which discusses the famous Babylonian astronomer Kidinnu (fl. 379 BC), who some people have argued (apparently disproved ...
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