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245 pages of results. 441. Society News: SIS Autumn Conference 2000 [Journals] [SIS Review]
... would be pleased by the idea and that he deserved immense credit for using history and myth to deduce the importance of electricity and magnetism in celestial physics. The history of astronomy would, Whelton felt, remember him kindly for this achievement but what about the history of history? Will his ideas on revising ancient chronology be remembered or forgotten? ... bright idea of locating the switch which was hidden away in a cupboard. The sixty or so attendees included many well-known faces and some new ones, even a young Chinese astronomer who had come all the way from Beijing to hear Halton Arp. SIS Chairman, Trevor Palmer, welcomed us and introduced the first speaker, Halton Arp, on ...
442. Yuddha, Part 2 Mars Ch.3 (Worlds in Collision) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Worlds in Collision]
... From "Worlds in Collision" © 1950 by Immanuel Velikovsky | FULL TEXT NOT AVAILABLE Contents Yuddha In an old textbook on Hindu astronomy, the Surya-Siddhanta, there is a chapter, "Of planetary conjunctions." Modern astronomy knows only one kind of conjunction between planets, when one planet (or sun) stands between the earth and ... , and trench upon that of astrology." Aside from the introductory lines in which the work is presented as a revelation of the sun (a common introduction in many astronomical works of the Hindus), it is written in very sober terms. It makes use of square roots and geometrical figures, and speaks in algebraic terms; every ...
443. Velikovsky & Saturnists & the Gods [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... thread spoke of "geometrical methods" being used by the Babylonian astronomers as early as the time of Ammizaduqa. WRONG!) why do I suspect that the history of astronomy is not Tim's strong suit? And where is the evidence that astrology was already in "full bloom" at the dawn of history (c . 3000 BC) ... , Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth & Space Sciences Division, Terrestrial Science Element ASTER Project Atmospheric Corrections Science Team Vice President, Mount Wilson Observatory Association Board of Directors, Los Angeles Astronomical Society. From: Ted Holden, medved@access5.digex.net Date: 25 Sep 1995 09:10:24 -0400 That's absurd. Plato spells it ...
444. CANEPA: BOOK REVIEW [Journals] [Aeon]
... written by Clube and Napier in collaboration with M.A . Bailey. The book commences with a review of ancient cometary theories. It moves through the dark ages of astronomy which finally began to be illuminated with the new theories of the Renaissance. Following that period, the consensus concerning the origin of comets seems to have been divided between ... a somewhat peaceful two thousand years, the future may not be as cosmically tranquil. In a review of the book in Nature (345:678), the British astronomer Donald Hughes commences by discussing comets in general, stressing the difficulty of the subject. He notes that out of a possible million million comets, only about 700 have ...
445. The Crescent [Books]
... , we still find them indifferently identified with the Earth and the Moon." (24) What might our earth (as perceived by the ancients, not by modern astronomy) have in common with the lunar sphere to promote this seemingly irrational identity? The question is raised by Briffault: "There is not, in fact, an ... with the great god's circle of "glory" (halo); and this fact gives stunning significance to what must otherwise be regarded as a purely esoteric statement of Assyro-Babylonian astronomical texts: "Saturn stands in the halo of Sin," the texts proclaim (not once but several times). (8 ) Crescent and enclosure are one ...
446. Planet Uranus Has Two More Moons [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... one apiece. "They also probably have an irregular- rather than spherical- shape," said Burns, the Irving P. Church Professor of Engineering and professor of astronomy at Cornell. "The larger of the two satellites appears quite red in color, which may indicate a hydrocarbon surface that was bombarded by energetic particles from space, ... 38:20 -0500 (EST) News Service, Cornell University. For Release: Oct. 31, 1997: Planet Uranus has two more moons, Cornell and Canadian astronomers find. ITHACA, N.Y .- Astronomers using the 5-meter Hale telescope on California's Mount Palomar report the discovery of two "new" moons orbiting the planet ...
447. Second SIS Cambridge Conference Report [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... have occurred c.3600 and 3200 BC. The astronomical session culminated with a wide-ranging review by Gerrit Verschuur (University of Memphis) of the impact of the "new astronomy" on human thought and behavior. There is no doubt that the Earth is repeatedly struck by massive bodies the late stages of a declining planetary accretion but the real ... This report by Mark E. Bailey, first appeared in Meteorite! Magazine, November 1997, and at their Web site (see previous page). Nearly a hundred astronomers, historians, archaeologists and others gathered at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge from 11-13 July 1997 for the second international conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary Studies. The purpose - ...
448. Henry H. Bauer and Immanuel Velikovsky [Books]
... motion is not "disturbed" and to suggest so is "misleading"? This I was able to answer fully in only about two hours by perusing some of the astronomy and science books in my own library. It is a great pity that Bauer did not see fit to do this simple research at his university library. James E ... formation from clouds. Now he again raises the ugly specter of "misleading" on Velikovsky's part for suggesting Venus' rotation was "disturbed." Again, what do astronomers, scientists and science writers say with respect to whether or not Venus' retrograde rotation appears to be "disturbed." Do they share Bauer's evident conviction that this ...
449. Notes [The Age of Velikovsky] [Books]
... . 35. Ibid, 256. 36. Ibid, 218. 37. Ibid, 245. 40. Ibid, 252. CHAPTER III 1.Velikovsky, "Astronomy and Chronology", Supplement to Peoples of the Sea (Doubleday, 1976), and Pensee IV, Spring-Summer, 1973, p. 38. This article was ... was wrong. With all the unwarranted and unethical personal attacks on Velikovsky, what did he call the author of an opposing Idea? He said ' a young and talented astronomer, Professor Gerald S. Hawkins', published this theory. 29. A Fleming, Nature p, 575, June 19, 1975. 30. A Thom ...
450. Additional Notes on Assyro-Babylonian Chronology [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... and A. Ungnad.13 The astronomical texts The greatest weakness in Schlecker's discussion is his complete disregard of the Babylonian astronomical texts. It is only by the aid of astronomy that we can establish an absolute chronology for this ancient period. As Professor Otto Neugebauer puts it: "An absolute chronology' [is] a chronology which is ... year in Babylon was separated from the 12th year of Esarhaddon by one year. How did the scribes account for this "extra year"? For chronological, calendarial, astronomical, and other purposes it was necessary to keep count of every year, including the years when no king was generally recognized. Sometimes such years were simply designated " ...
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