First UK edition (publ. ) Author Country USA Language English Genre Published 3 April 1950 ( 1950-04-03TUSA) Worlds in Collision is a book written by and first published April 3, 1950. The book postulated that around the 15th century, was ejected from as a or comet-like object, and passed near (an actual collision is not mentioned). The object changed Earth's orbit and axis, causing innumerable catastrophes that were mentioned in early and religions around the world. Many of the book's claims are completely rejected by the established scientific community as they are not supported by any available evidence.

WORLDS IN COLLISION IMMANUEL VELIKOVSKY. September 1949. Immanuel Velikovsky. Robin -bobin. CONTENTS PAGE. The Planet Earth-Ice Ages 'The Mammoths-The. Download as PDF, TXT or read online. EARTH IN UPHEAVAL Smnianue! Velikovsky F'OCKET. Schuster, IMC 1230 Avenue of the Americas, 1955 by Immanuel Vehkovskv New. Ramdisk Plus 11 Rapidshare.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • Publication [ ] The book was first published on April 3, 1950,. Macmillan's interest in publishing it was encouraged by the knowledge that Velikovsky had obtained a promise from Gordon Atwater, Director of the, for a sky show based on the book when it was published. The book, Velikovsky's most criticized and controversial, was an instant bestseller, topping the charts for eleven weeks while being in the top ten for twenty-seven straight weeks. Despite this popularity, overwhelming rejection of its thesis by the scientific community forced Macmillan to stop publishing it and to transfer the book to within two months.

Core ideas [ ] In the book's preface, Velikovsky summarized his arguments: Worlds in Collision is a book of wars in the celestial sphere that took place in historical times. In these wars the planet Earth participated too. Jackie Chan Adventure Game For Pc.

[.] The historical-cosmological story of this book is based in the evidence of historical texts of many people around the globe, on classical literature, on epics of the northern races, on sacred books of the peoples of the Orient and Occident, on traditions and folklore of primitive peoples, on old astronomical inscriptions and charts, on archaeological finds, and also on geological and paleontological material. The book proposed that around the 15th century, was ejected from as a or comet-like object, passed near (an actual collision is not mentioned).

The object changed Earth's orbit and axial inclination, causing innumerable catastrophes which were mentioned in early and religions around the world. Fifty-two years later, it passed close by again, stopping the Earth's rotation for a while and causing more catastrophes. Then, in the 8th and 7th centuries BCE, (itself displaced by Venus) made close approaches to the Earth; this incident caused a new round of disturbances and disasters. After that, the current 'celestial order' was established.

The courses of the planets stabilized over the centuries and Venus gradually became a 'normal' planet. These events lead to several key statements: • Venus must be still very hot as young planets radiate heat. • Venus must be rich in petroleum gases, and hydrocarbons. • Venus has an abnormal orbit in consequence of the unusual disasters that happened.

Velikovsky suggested some additional ideas that he said derived from these claims, including: • Jupiter emits noises. • The of the Earth reaches at least up to the. • The has an of approximately 10 19 volts. • The rotation of the Earth can be affected by fields. Chicago Bulls Vs Miami Heat 2011 Game 1. Velikovsky arrived at these proposals using a methodology which would today be called - he looked for concordances in myths and written of unconnected cultures across the world, following a literal reading of their accounts of the exploits of planetary deities.

In this book, he argues on the basis of ancient cosmological myths from places as disparate as and, and, and. For example, ancient Greek mythology asserts that the goddess sprang from the head of.

Velikovsky identifies Zeus (whose Roman counterpart was the god Jupiter) with the planet Jupiter and Athena (the Roman Minerva) with the planet Venus. This myth, along with others from ancient,,, etc. Are used to support the claim that 'Venus was expelled as a comet and then changed to a planet after contact with a number of members of our solar system' (Velikovsky 1972:182). – Critical reaction [ ] Contemporary reactions [ ] The plausibility of the theory was summarily rejected by the physics community, as the cosmic chain of events proposed by Velikovsky contradicts basic laws of physics. Velikovsky's ideas had been known to for years before the publication of the book, partially by his writing to astronomer of, partially through his 1946 pamphlet Cosmos Without Gravitation, and partially by a preview of his work in an article in the August 11, 1946, edition of the New York Herald Tribune.