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Immanuel Velikovsky (June 10, 1895 (NS) – November 17, 1979) is best known as the author of a number of controversial books on pre-history, particularly the US bestseller Worlds in Collision (1950). Earlier in his life, he played a role in the founding of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and was a respected psychiatrist/psychoanalyst.
His books primarily used comparative mythology and ancient literary sources (not least the Bible) to propose that the Earth had suffered catastrophic close-contacts with other planets in the solar system (principally Venus and Mars), during and before recorded history. He argued that electromagnetic effects played an important role in celestial mechanics. He also proposed a revised chronology of Ancient Egypt, Greece, Palestine and the Near East, aiming to eliminate so-called Dark Ages and reconcile Biblical history with both archeology and Egyptian chronology.
Generally, Velikovsky's theories were vigorously rejected by the academic community, but despite, or perhaps because of this, Velikovsky's books sold well. (Indeed, the conduct of many academics supported Velikovsky's claims of "suppressed genius" in which he likened himself to martyred Renaissance scientist/heretic Giordano Bruno.) Controversy continues to this day, with refutation and counter-refutation, and ongoing claims of both rebuttal and substantiation.
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The Immanuel Velikovsky Archive - A comprehensive archive of Velikovsky's unpublished writings, maintained by a team of historians. Includes an autobiography, lectures, essays, correspondence, a downloadable documentary video, psychoanalytic papers, and articles about earth events and catastrophes.
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Collected Essays of Immanuel Velikovsky - Includes papers on the basis of his theories, prediction in science, the origin of diamonds, fallacies of radiocarbon dating, and other topics.
Myth Versus Mathematics - Velikovsky's theory that some 3,500 years ago, and again 700 years later, the earth was affected by the appearance in the sky of a giant comet which eventually became the planet Venus.
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Raising the Mammoth - Velikovsky's look at cosmic catastrophes and the extinction of the mammoth.
Selections from Worlds in Collision (1950) - Sixty short extracts which give an overview of Velikovsky's book.
Skeptic's Dictionary: Worlds in Collision - The essence of Velikovsky's unreasonableness lies in the fact that he does not provide scientific evidence for his most extravagant claims.
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ideas and practices with references to the best skeptical literature ]
The Velikovskian, A Journal of Myth, History and Science - The journal that investigates the works and theories of Immanuel Velikovsky.
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The Work of Velikovsky - Excerpt from a book by Robert R. Newton, focusing on eclipses and Velikovsky's chronology.
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Venus in the Corner Pocket - Looks at the theory put forth in his 1950s text Worlds in Collision, and geologists' and physicists' reactions to it.
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