Introduction
The Immanuel Velikovsky Encyclopedia is about the author, Immanuel Velikovsky, and the people and controversy that has resulted from his works. It does not set out to judge whether Velikovsky and his critics were right or wrong, but to document with sources, who said what, and why, and where, and when. There is no doubt that some scientists have labeled some of Velikovskys work, pseudoscience or worse, but also others who have acknowledged that Velikovsky made predictions that have turned out to be correct.
The Velikovsky Encyclopedia is not endorsed by the Estate of Velikovsky, nor any other publication, Society, organisation, or individual.
Immanuel Velikovsky
Immanuel Velikovsky () was a controversial author of several books suggesting a radical interpretation of history. In his best-selling book, Worlds in Collision (), he argues that the Earth and other planets, had been subject to cosmic catastrophes in historical times, that had been recorded in the oral traditions, myths and legends of the peoples of the world. His book Earth in Upheaval describes geological evidence that he says supports the idea of global catastrophes in prehistorical and
This page lists book, publications and articles by Immanuel Velikovsky. See also, a List of Velikovsky Lectures.
Books
Published posthumously
Unpublished
Articles
Pre Worlds in Collision (to )
Source: Immanuel Velikovskys Jewish Science, A Biography by Duane Vorhees
- Tretii Iskhod (Moscow, )
- Ueber die Energetik der Psyche und die physikalische Existenz der Gedankenwelt, Zeitschrift fuer die gesammte Neurologie und Psychiatre ().
- Psychoanalytische Ahnungen in der Traumdeutungskunst der alten Hebraaer nach dem Traktat Brachoth, Die Psychoanalytische Bewegung 5 ()
- Al Ahlosha Devarim (Jerusalem,)
- Eine Arbeitstheorie zum Verstaendnis der Melancholie und ihrer Behandlung, Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 83 (May 20, ).
- Can a Newly Acquired Language Become the Speech of the Unconscious? Word Plays in the Dreams of Hebrew-Thinking Persons, Psychoanalytic Review 21 (July, ) (Abs)
- Kann eine neuerlernte Sprache zur Sprache des Unbewusten Werden? Wortspiele in Traaumen von Hebraaisch Denkenden. Imago,
- Psychische Anaphylaxie und ihre Reaktionsgebundenheit an des erste Agens. Psychotherapeutische Praxis, 2,
Days and Years, an autobiography giving an account of Velikovskys life from the earliest years until Before the Day Breaks, the story of Velikovskys discussions with Einstein on the role of electromagnetism in the universe. In the Beginning, the story of the catastrophes that preceded those described in Worlds in Collision. The Dark Age of Greece, a critical examination of the mysterious gap of close to five centuries thought to follow the Mycenaean civilization. The Assyrian Conquest, a volume in the Ages in Chaos series, covering the period from the end of the Amarna Period to the time of Ramses II. Collected Essays, comprising articles and fragmentary manuscripts such as Shamir, The Secret of Baalbek, Sinai and Olympus, Test of Time, The Orbit and the Observer editorials. The Psychoanalytic Papers from the years between the two world wars when Velikovsky was a practicing psychoanalyst. Correspondence selections from Velikovskys scholarly correspondence spanning more than fifty years.
More Federn correspondence fromLectures including an audio recording of Velikovskys talk at Eastern Baptist Coll it is hard to escape the conclusion that, if we are to judge a scientific theory by its results, conventional astronomy is marginally worse. Astronomers at Harvard suppressed the publication of Worlds in Collision, by forcing Macmillan's to reject the book, with the threat that no more academic textbooks would be sent to them for publication.
"frankly, the publication must cut me off from the Macmillan Company" Howard Shapley, Director Harvard Observatory (Jan )
Rights transferred to Doubleday
"Several attempts have been made to link such a move to stop the books publication to Harvard Observatory. This idea is utterly false" Howard Shapley (Sept )
"This was not only immoral, but a blunder." Isaac Asimov.
Then why are Velikovsky's ideas unacceptable?
The short answer is that his solar system doesn't conserve energy, or momentum or angular momentum. For example, one can calculate that if the earth was stopped from rotating, the energy stored in its rotation would be released as heat and cause a temperature rise (everywhere) of ~500C!
The second theme: sources of energy.
Perpetual
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