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245 pages of results. 351. The Knowledge Industry [Books] [de Grazia books]
... remark deserves immortality. Hang in there, Al, we're winning. Milton was a popular professor at Lethbridge University and was teaching and reading quantavolution in his general physics and astronomy classes. He was an intellectual force on the vast Canadian Prairie, in touch with the press and radio systems. He knew the vast skies there like a Polynesian ... Physical Society was discussing the low state of physics, and Sullivan wrote that generally the leaders thought that more money should be spent by the government. The British physicist and astronomer, Fred Hoyle, wanted even greater accelerators. He also wanted scientists to participate in politics. "You see why the world of politics is such an indescribable mess ...
352. Eclipses in Ancient Times [Journals] [Pensee]
... , historical testimony should not be trusted at all, we were told, even when hundreds of documents corroborate one another, if they are the basis for revolutionary conclusions affecting astronomy. Consequently, this early argument against my book disappeared from all subsequent criticism, to reappear in a much less formidable version. An astronomer from Michigan subsequently wrote: ... "Worlds in Collision?" The following excerpts are taken from a much longer exchange published in Harper's magazine, June, 1951, between Velikovsky and the late Princeton University astronomer, John Q. Stewart. It gains currency owing to a question posed in a letter to the editor (Pensee, fall, 1972, 44). Copyright ...
353. The Nature and Origin of Comets and the Evolution of Celestial Bodies (Part III) [Journals] [Kronos]
... a measure of astronomical distance).(4 ) The second is the existence of planetary nebulae (ring clouds long known to circle certain stars). According to traditional astronomy,(5 ) these appear to be many light years from the central star because the red-shift is interpreted to give a great distance to the star from Earth. ... while in any non-uniform electric field, causing an attractive force (the induced electric dipole force is always attractive). This small force acting on photons as they travel over astronomical distances will reduce photon energy (the red-shift) and cause a bending of light in photons passing by a stellar object. The IEDRS concept can explain the anomalous red-shift ...
354. The Planetary Order Revealed in The Book of the Secrets of Enoch [Journals] [Horus]
... looking at the situation from the viewpoint of those ancient skywatchers. I think, that, perhaps overly influenced by what we have already learned of their remarkable accomplishments in observational astronomy, we may have a tendency to attribute to ancient scientists a degree of capability that really may have been beyond them. There is, for example, perhaps no ... in HORUS, Vol. 1, No. 1). The document contains interesting bits and fragments of scientific lore that tells us a good deal about the level of astronomical knowledge attained by ancient watchers of the sky. In Chapter XXX, verses 4 and 5, the following information is revealed: 4. On the first uppermost circle ...
... these points will be reviewed here, but first it is interesting to see how flaws entered this standard for world history. This was discussed by Velikovsky in an article titled Astronomy and Chronology. 1 ORIGIN OF THE STANDARD For background, it is necessary to define relative and absolute dating. If it is known only that a certain king died ... collection of rags and tatters. Actually, all of Manetho's work was not accepted exactly as he wrote it. His time values were considered "absurdly high", so astronomical evidence was used in attempt to fix some parts of Manetho's king lists to an absolute time scale. This is where sleight of hand enters the picture. The basis ...
356. The Breaking Edge [Journals] [Pensee]
... motions regular, the positions of heavenly objects predictable. Superimposed on that orderly picture of old, a National Academy of Sciences committee reports in an assessment of the state of astronomy, is the picture of "a general cosmic violence, exploding galaxies and quasars, and magnetic fields, and events suggesting relativistic collapse." This "discovery of ... quests of astronomy. The new, cosmic questions have made knowledge of the solar system, for example, more rather than less important. The Astronomy Survey Committee- chaired by astronomer Jesse L. Greenstein of California Institute of Technology reports the field at a nexus. The opening of the radio sky revealed the suggestion of physical laws yet undiscovered, ...
357. From Myth to a Physical Model [Journals] [Aeon]
... can oversimplify the many forms in which the departure of one or another god occurs, the most common idea is transfiguration into a distant star- in the more meticulously elaborated astronomies, a specific planet. Countless other forms of transfiguration, as a "soul-bird" a "feathered serpent," a comet, a stone, a column of ... you begin to chronicle the well-established images. With each new theme uncovered, you are multiplying the unlikely by the nearly impossible. The improbability of the standard interpretations quickly reaches astronomical proportions, for the fact is that the global images present a degree of coherence and internal consistency that could never be explained by sheer make believe- and that's the ...
358. Scientists, Journalists and Editors as Suppressors (Part II) [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... long review praising the work. His evaluation is also enclosed. I have further reviews and evaluations of the book from others of equal repute, also in the field of astronomy. Therefore, I am returning the ad for my book having met your requirement for refereed work and look forward to hearing from you as to when you will run ... published a sensational book in which he hypothesized (based on new translations of ancient texts) that biblical events could be explained by events in the heavens...The astronomers were outraged at the publicity given to Velikovsky's book, which became a best seller for a time. Led by [Harlow] Shapley at Harvard, they threatened a ...
359. A Skyscraper And A Sparrow. File II (Stargazers and Gravediggers) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Stargazers]
... concerned a matter of scale, and he gave a long quotation from an article "by one of our leading woman scientists. Dr. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin," in Popular Astronomy: We are asked to believe that Venus was shot out from Jupiter and practically made a direct hit on the earth, and scored another bull's eye after fifty-two years ... said: Several modern scholars (notably Fotheringham) have examined Grecian, Babylonian, and Chinese records and listed passages which seem to describe solar eclipses. A brief survey of astronomical publications reveals at least three recorded total eclipses of the Sun before -687 (the supposed date of Velikovsky's last catastrophe) which have been considered by computers to fit the ...
... very grudging admissions of the solid capacity of meteors are the best that can be apparently extracted from modern astronomers. * "Study of the Sky." ** " Astronomy." 112. Sir Robert Ball, F.R .A .S ., in his " Story of the Heavens," mentions that a fall of ... admits that meteors have fallen nearly a ton in weight. Indeed, very grudging admissions of the solid capacity of meteors are the best that can be apparently extracted from modern astronomers. * "Study of the Sky." ** " Astronomy." 112. Sir Robert Ball, F.R .A .S ., in ...
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