Michael D. Gordin. The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2012. "Like other scientists with an interest in UFOs, [J. Allen] Hynek was denied a voice in most of his profession's publications yet ridiculed … [Read more...]
Immanuel Velikovsky – “Worlds in Collision,” 68 Years Later
An ancient visit by an alien star, runs the headline in the Health & Science section of The Week magazine (April 13, 2018); and the story begins: "A wandering binary star sideswiped the solar system some 70,000 years ago, knocking dozens of far-flung comets and asteroids into unusual orbits. … [Read more...]
