Beyond Velikovsky: The History of a Public ControversyUniversity of Illinois Press, 1999 - 368 strani Since the appearance in 1950 of Worlds in Collision, Immanuel Velikovsky's radical theories of planetary physics have been the center of controversy. This book presents an analysis of the Velikovsky affair, resolves the misunderstandings and arguments between opposing camps, and leads us to an understanding of the scientific process itself. |
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1 Early Publicity | 3 |
2 Worlds in Collision | 11 |
3 The First Battle | 27 |
4 The Second Engagement | 41 |
5 The End of the Beginning | 64 |
An Analysis of the Velikovsky Affair | 83 |
6 Is Velikovsky Right or Wrong? | 85 |
7 Velikovskys Physical Science | 98 |
Beyond the Velikovsky Affair | 183 |
11 Motives for Believing | 185 |
12 Accomplices to Belief | 194 |
13 Blundering Critics | 209 |
14 Means of Persuasion | 227 |
15 Some Realities about Science | 251 |
16 Analogous Cases | 309 |
Epilogue | 319 |
8 PseudoScientists Cranks Crackpots | 135 |
9 A Nontechnical Case against Velikovsky | 154 |
10 Intermezzo | 175 |
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accepted advance claims Ages in Chaos Alfred de Grazia analogy arguments astronomers atmosphere atoms basis behavior believe Bode's law calculations catastrophes celestial celestial mechanics Chapter chronology comet controversy correct Cosmos without Gravitation Crackpots crank disciplines discussion earth effect Einstein electrical energy established evidence ex cathedra example existing experience explained fact field gases Grazia Hyksos ignorance Immanuel Velikovsky interdisciplinary issue judgment Juergens Jupiter kinetic kovsky laws Loch Ness Loch Ness monsters Macmillan Mars matter ment molecules moon motion opinion orbit origin particles Payne-Gaposchkin Pensée perhaps planets possible predictions Pseudo-Scientists published question Realities about Science reason references result scholar scientific activity scientists Second Engagement solar system Sprague de Camp statements temperature theory thing tion truth valid Veli Velikov Velikovskian research Velikovsky affair Velikovsky's critics Velikovsky's ideas Velikovsky's Physical Science Velikovsky's scenario Velikovsky's supporters Venus views Worlds in Collision wrong