THE VELIKOVSKY HERESIES: WORLDS IN COLLISION AND ANCIENT CATASTROPHES REVISITED
Book ID/图书代码： 06568012B51957
English Summary/英文概要： A reexamination of Immanuel Velikovsky’s controversial Venus theories in light of new astronomical and archaeological findings
• Provides new evidence from recent space probe missions to support Velikovsky’s theories on the formation of Venus
• Presents recently translated ancient texts from China, Korea, and Japan that uphold the cometlike descriptions of Venus cited by Velikovsky
• Examines evidence of major geomagnetic events in 1500 BCE and 750 BCE that correspond with close passes of the comet Venus and its impact with Mars
• Offers scientific explanations for many disputed aspects of Velikovsky’s theories, such as how Venus could have transformed from a comet into an orbiting planet
Surrounded by controversy even before its publication in 1950, Immanuel Velikovsky’s Worlds in Collision introduced the provocative theory that Venus began as a brilliant comet ejected by Jupiter around 1600 BCE, wreaking chaos on Mars and Earth as it roamed through our solar system prior to settling into its current orbit. Immediately dismissed without any investigation and subject to vicious attacks, Velikovsky’s theory is now poised for reexamination in light of recent astronomical and archaeological findings.
Exploring the key points of Velikovsky’s theories, Laird Scranton presents evidence from recent space probe missions to show that Venus still exhibits cometlike properties, such as its atmospheric composition, and could be a young planet. Reviewing the widespread cometlike descriptions of Venus from 1500 BCE to 750 BCE as well as Velikovsky’s observation that no records of Venus exist prior to 1600 BCE, Scranton reveals recently translated ancient texts from China, Korea, and Japan that further uphold Velikovsky’s theories. Examining evidence of major geomagnetic and climate-change events around 1500 BCE and 750 BCE, corresponding with close passes of the comet Venus and its impact with Mars, the author offers scientific explanations for many disputed aspects of Velikovsky’s theories, such as how Venus transformed from a comet into an orbiting planet. By updating this unresolved controversy with new scientific evidence, Scranton helps us to understand how it was that Worlds in Collision was the one book found open on Albert Einstein’s desk at the time of his death.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 对伊曼纽尔.维里科夫斯基(Immanuel Velikovsky)有争议的理论用新的天文和考古发现重新的审视
• 从最近的太空探测任务提供新的证据来支持维里科夫斯基的金星形成的理论
• 介绍了最新来自中国、韩国和日本支持维里科夫斯基对于金星描述的古代典籍之翻译。
• 检查在公元前1500年和公元前750年主要的地磁活动的证据，这些证据与彗星金星轨道相一致
• 为维里科夫斯基理论的许多有争议的方面提供科学解释，诸如金星如何由彗星转化而来
在1950年出版时就被争论包围，伊曼纽尔维里科夫斯基的《世界是碰撞的》(Worlds in Collision) 介绍了具有挑衅性的理论，描述金星是大约在公元前1600年前由木星射出的耀眼的彗星，在沈降到起目前的轨道以前，穿过太阳系在火星和地球产发着混乱。当时，维里科夫斯基的理论没有经过任何调查便被驳回，并且遭受了恶意的攻击，但他的理论随着最近考古和天文的发现又被重新审视。
探索了维里科夫斯基理论的重点，莱尔德.克兰顿(Laird Scranton) 从最近的太空探测任务中显示金星仍然呈现出与彗星形似的特性，比如说它的大气成分，也可能是一个年轻的行星。回顾公元前1500年到公元前750年大量的有关金星与彗星相似的描述，以及维里科夫斯基观察到公元前1600年没有有关金星的记录，斯克兰顿揭示了支持维里科夫斯基的理论，最近翻译的中国、韩国和日本的古典文集。审查在公元前1500年和公元前750年主要的地磁活动与气象变动的证据，这些证据与彗星金星相接近的通道相符，作者对维里科夫斯基理论许多有争议的方面作出了科学的解释，比如说金星是如何由彗星转化而来的。斯克兰顿通过用新的科学证据来支持这个仍未解决的争议，他帮助我们理解为什么爱因斯坦在去世前书桌上摊开的只有《世界是碰撞的》这一本书。(LNL & CK)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 莱尔德.斯克兰顿(Laird Scranton)是一个独立的软件设计师，他在20世纪90年代早期开始热衷于多贡人神话和象征。他自1997年以来研究了古老的神话、语言和宇宙学，并一直在高露洁大学(Colgate University)任教。他也出现在约翰·安东尼·西(John Anthony West)《神奇的埃及》(Magical Egypt)DVD系列中。他住在纽约的奥尔巴尼(Alabany, New York)。
LAIRD SCRANTON is an independent software designer who became interested in Dogon mythology and symbolism in the early 1990s. He has studied ancient myth, language, and cosmology since 1997 and has been a lecturer at Colgate University. He also appears in John Anthony West’s Magical Egypt DVD series. He lives in Albany, New York.
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