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245 pages of results. 631. The Stability of the Solar System: An Historical Perspective [Journals] [SIS Review]
... As I say, the question is not quite as simple as this, because of the fact that time enters into these series. Many people who write popular books on astronomy forget this. They stop, in a sense, in the middle of the 19th century as far as celestial mechanics is concerned, and say that the mathematical descriptions ... up?" This is a lovely story: it's supposed to have triggered off in his mind the idea of the Law of Gravitation. In the rooms of the Royal Astronomical Society in London there is a small part of the branch of a tree which is supposed to come, not from the same tree, but from the same orchard ...
632. The Threat. File II (Stargazers and Gravediggers) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Stargazers]
... rot," albeit "almost convincing," neither he nor anybody else had been able to cite one instance of an incorrect statement in my book in the field of astronomy or elsewhere. Doubleday had accepted the book not only because "there is a public demand for it" but also because .. . in your own judgement it ... found their reflection in folklore as described in my book was fulfilled with a speed I had not expected. Only four months later, in the October 1950 issue of the Astronomical Journal, appeared a paper by Dr. Whipple in which he, on the basis of computations, postulated worlds in collision only 1,500 and 4,700 ...
633. Thoth Vol S I-III, INCLUDING 66 ISSUES) [Journals] [Thoth]
... of the distinguished astronomer, Halton Arp, whose book Seeing Red, is now available from our affiliate, Mikamar Publishing. To catch the message you need no expertise in astronomy. You only need to look at pictures and to follow your own common sense. Arp has demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt that the closest galaxies to us are, ... , all inviting new perspectives on planetary catastrophe and the electrical forces shaping the solar system. A telling illustration of the challenges to old paradigms is the work of the distinguished astronomer, Halton Arp, whose book Seeing Red, is now available from our affiliate, Mikamar Publishing. To catch the message you need no expertise in astronomy. You ...
634. Comets, Meteorites and Earth History [Articles]
... (author of Bombarded Earth): " Early Historic Man- Catastrophism and Calendars " BREAK FOR LUNCH PROFESSOR CHANDRA WICKRAMASINGHE (Head of the Dept. of Applied Mathematics & Astronomy, University College, Cardiff, and co-author, with Sir Fred Hoyle, of Lifecloud and Diseases from Space): " Evolution from Space- Interdisciplinary Evidence " A ... WICKRAMASINGHE, is Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy, University College Cardiff. An authority on the composition of matter in interstellar space, Wickramasinghe has collaborated with astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle on numerous books and articles proposing some of the most controversial ideas of the last two decades. In Lifecloud- (1978) they proposed that the ...
635. Jupiter's Bands and Saturn's Rings [Books] [de Grazia books]
... massive conviction of contemporary science, backed by a stable sky and a workable celestial mechanics - or more bluntly, if one were to dismiss certain premises and conclusions of modern astronomy - one would apply modern psychological and anthropological analysis to the coincidence and to the words of Proclus, and suggest, as Taylor could not say 150 years ago, ... generate concepts of rule and law in the universe so as to complete and perfect the process of anesthesia or amnesia. However, since few scholars are prepared to discount current astronomical retrojections of the state of the skies, or to believe in an astronomically learned ancient civilization that was subsequently destroyed, the coincidence may be handed over to non-scientific folklorists ...
636. The Electro-gravitic Theory Of Celestial Motion [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... with the magnetic field. Increasing the strength of the magnet does not change the shape, only extends it a greater distance from the bar. One of the problems in astronomy is to account for the presence of galactic magnetic fields. "One of the most baffling of all astronomical phenomena is the magnetic field known to exist in our galaxy ... In order to generate coherent fields of this magnitude by any reasonably conventional means, a time of around 1026 years would be needed . . . yet the age of the whole universe as we know it is only 1010 years. Clearly, come drastically powerful generating mechanism must have been at work when these fields formed, and opinion amongst astronomers ...
637. Varves And Bok Globules (Forum) [Journals] [Aeon]
... & Telescope (April 2003), p. 27. [9 ] Ibid. [10] W. Schomaker, "How to Make a Brown Dwarf," Astronomy (October 2001), p. 28. [11] M. Fox, "Rogue Gas Balls' in Space Break Rules of Solar System, Astronomers Find ... to speed up and slow down as they describe small and large circles around the centre. This process seems to be the cause of the sunspot cycle. Unfortunately, many astronomers do not like to discuss the effects of planetary positions for fear of being accused of believing in astrology. Every 180 years, all the planets move into positions on ...
638. The Extended Habitation Zone [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... Moore Patrick Moore on Mars Chapter 11, Cassell 1998 (2 ) Horizon' BBC2, "Snowball Earth" Shown on 22nd February 2001 (3 ) M. Milstein Astronomy p38-43 "Diving into Europa's Ocean" Oct 1997 (4 ) D. Kalk "Alien Haven" pp32-5 New Scientist Sept 1999 (5 ) C. Sagan Pale ... Matthew Holman recently noted that a body the size of Mars 200 A.U . away could easily have escaped detection to date' (6 ). Given that one Astronomical Unit (A .U .) is the distance between the Sun and the Earth, then this is a considerable distance indeed. Another planet could be orbiting the ...
639. Forums [Journals] [SIS Review]
... New Science in the Solar System (IPC Magazines Ltd., London,1975). pp. 42-50. 6. E. W. Crew: "Lightning in Astronomy", Nature Vol 252, No. 542, No. 5483 (Dec. 13, 1974), pp 539-542. Notes on a Possible Pre-Deluge Catastrophe B ... . As its orbit on the fourth (30/32-year) recurrence must have become quite stable in its present state, it might he interesting to fix Merneptah's accession "astronomically" by calculating this year of closes aphel-opposition. PETER JAMES REPLIES: In my original response to Marx, I raised the following points: that Velikovsky's historical reconstruction is ...
640. Paradigm Lost? [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... Life' but it falls some way short. One who undoubtedly does have a deep knowledge of evolutionary biology is Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sagan, the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences at Cornell University, who has been trained both as an astronomer and a biologist. Sagan has been much reviled in some catastrophist circles for his attacks ... , only 25 date from later than 1979, and only 18 are from 1983 onwards. Furthermore, these 18 include works by such authorities' on evolutionary theory as the astronomer, Sir Fred Hoyle, and the creationist, Henry Morris. Hoyle's limitations as a biologist are well known (see, for example, C & C Review XIII ...
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