Re: "Velikovskyite" what is this ? 9posted for C. Lovelock)

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From: "Cliff Lovelock" <CLIFF@glg.ed.ac.uk>
Organization:  Geology & Geophysics, Edinburgh
To: N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk (N. MacLeod)
Date:          Tue, 31 Oct 1995 22:45:34 GMT
Subject:       Re: "Velikovskyite" what is this ? (posted for Ogunjobi Olu
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Velikovsky,

Wasn't he the Russian guy who thought that the dinosaurs were
exterminated by a comet spewed out of a volcano on Jupiter.  I'm not
sure of the exact details, but I'm sure there is a chapter on him in
Carl Sagan's book "Broca's Brain".

I assume 'Velikovskyite' refers to theories which follow along this
approximate line.

Regards,

Cliff.


"As long as we don't kill the hand of the golden egg."
- Carlos Westendorp (Spanish Sec of State for Europe).

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