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Book by Goldsmith, Donald
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Donald Goldsmith is an astronomy writer in Berkeley, California, and the author of more than twenty books.
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Scientists Confront Velikovsky
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Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y., 1980
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Third Printing. 183 pages. Purple binding with red lettering on spine. Dust Jacket covers heavily rubbed, with small tears to top corner tips and top edges of front and back covers. Photos of book on request. Seller Inventory # 006738
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Scientists confront Velikovsky
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Scientists confront Velikovsky
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Scientists confront Velikovsky
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Scientists confront Velikovsky
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Scientists Confront Velikovsky
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [A Group of Eminent Scholars Reply to Velikovsky's Theory of Worlds in Collision] Hardcover and dust jacket. Small tears to jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Foxing to edges. Pages unmarked. "Immanuel Velikovsky was the Russian born writer whose theories about colliding planets entertained and outraged the scientific world while mesmerizing millions of science buffs. Trained as a physician and psychiatrist in Moscow during the early 1900's, Dr. Velikovsky studied Freud's analysis of the subconscious mind of Moses. That work, coupled with his own vast knowledge of mythology and Biblical lore, led him to embark on an unorthodox lifelong course of study summarized in his now famous 'Worlds in Collision,' published in 1950. Dr. Velikovsky's fanciful theories centered on his belief that a fragment of the planet Jupiter, later identified as Venus, careered through the heavens around 1500 B.C., and lightly brushed against the planet Earth, causing a series of catastrophic consequences earthlings have since tried to forget, hence the origin of a Velikovsky notion he called 'collective amnesia.' Among the effects of the collision, according to the writer, were these: interruption of the Earth's rotation, causing the oceans to spill; the leveling of mountains in some places and their sudden establishment in other locations. According to Dr. Velikovsky, before Venus proceeded on its troubled course, disturbing the heavenly peace for at least another 52 years, it sprinkled a trail of hydrocarbons in its wake. Turning aside the body of conventional scientific knowledge in many disciplines whose domains his ideas touched, Dr. Velikovsky, for instance, rebutted the argument of geologists who pointed to fossil tree rings as proof of an uninterrupted diurnal cycle in the world's history for the last 360 million years. Dr. Velikovsky's controversial theory and his popularity with much of the lay public led some of his critics to threaten his publishers with boycotts and caused others to dismiss him affectionately as the 'Grand old man of the fringe. With near religious zeal, his supporters point proudly to his acceptance by others such as his close friend, Dr. Albert Einstein, with whom he exchanged a lively correspondence and personal visits. An annotated copy of 'Worlds in Collison' was found at Dr. Einstein's bedside after his death, the Velikovsky supporters say proudly." - NY Times Obit. Seller Inventory # 2308240007
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Scientists Confront Velikovsky Goldsmith Asimov Sagan Cornell 1977 HC DJ
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good, graded in hand. A Cornell University Press hardcover in its original dust jacket. The jacket shows corner bumping and creasing at the top corners of the front panel, general edge wear, and some small tears and creases; the rear panel has light surface wear and slight wrinkling. The binding is intact and tight and the boards are sound. Interior pages are white and clean throughout with no writing, no highlighting and no foxing observed. NOT ex-library: no spine labels, stamps, card pockets, date-due slips, barcodes or protective wrap were found on any surface. The copyright page shows this to be the third printing, 1980. Book. Seller Inventory # PD-2409
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SCIENTISTS CONFRONT VELIKOVSKY
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Lucid and informative, this book not only shows the deficiencies of Velikovsky's views, but also makes clear why these views have attracted such a strong public following. This is accomplished through essays written by Storer, Sagan, Mulholland, Huber, and Morrison. Each of the essays discusses Velikovsky's views' weaknesses from a different discipline or perspective. Included are endnotes and index. This copy is clean and solid. Seller Inventory # 000810
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Scientists confront Velikovsky
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