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

["Dr. Fred J. Gunther" <fgunther@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All:

If I remember correctly, the comet wound up as Venus!

Fred


On Wed, 1 Nov 1995, N. MacLeod wrote:

> 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
> Priority: normal
> Status: O
> 
> 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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