Stargazers and Gravediggers: Memoirs to Worlds in Collision, Hardcover/Immanuel Velikovsky

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Description In this book, Immanuel Velikovsky, in his unmistakably clear and unique style, relates both the writing of and the reaction to the publication of his epochal work Worlds in Collision. Through authentic letters, we experience at first hand the beginning and unfolding of the Velikovsky Affair - from the boycotting of his publisher by leading American scientists and universities to the emotional and highly unscientific campaign to discredit the author and his work. We also get to read Velikovsky's rebuttals to the attacks and accusations, which were mostly denied publication by relevant journals and magazines. Especially today, with the power and societal influence of science at an all-time high, this book is of fundamental importance for our understanding of science and its practioners.

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Immanuel Velikovsky

autor rus, israelian și american (1895–1979)

Immanuel Velikovsky a fost un psihanalist, scriitor și catastrofist rus și american. Este autorul mai multor cărți care oferă interpretări pseudohistorice ale istoriei antice, inclusiv bestseller-ul american Worlds in Collision, publicat în 1950. Lucrarea lui Velikovsky este frecvent citată ca un exemplu canonic de pseudoștiință și a fost folosită ca exemplu al problemei de delimitare.