Vol. V Number 4		S.I.S. Review Journal of the Society for Interdisciplinary Studies
		Articles Dr Victor Clube: Cometary Catastrophes and the ideas of Immanuel Velikovsky 106 A distinguished astronomer expounds a new theory which could form a bridgehead between Velikovskian catastrophism and conventional uniformitarianism. Martin Sieff: Velikovsky and his Heroes 112 A novel and provocative approach to Ages in Chaos, analysing Velikovsky's historical writings from a literary and psychological perspective. Dr John Bimson: The Years 763 and 687 BC 121 How sound is the evidence for dating a global upheaval to 687 BC? John Bimson re-examines the evidence and suggests that the date 763 BC may be a fruitful area for further research. Features: In Passing: Life off Earth, by Dr Trevor Palmer 102 Briefings: Evidence for a Recent Super-comet 109 Ankylosis in the Chronology of Reconstructed History - a letter from Christoph Marx 120 Ramesside Star Tables - Errata 120 Bookshelf Earl Milton and M. Hamburger review Mankind in Amnesia by Immanuel Velikovsky 123 Michael Reade reviews Astronomical Dating of Babylon I and Ur III by Peter J. Huber 125 Eric Crew reviews Bombarded Earth by René Gallant 127 Peter Warlow reviews Pole Shift by John White 128 In Future Issues iv Cover illustration - Bronze Age rock drawing from Shishkino, Lena Valley, Siberia, showing an eyeless cosmic monster about to swallow the Sun or Moon. See Clube's remarks on the ancient fear of eclipses, p. 110 of this issue. (Source - A. P. Okladnikov: "The Petroglyphs of Siberia" Scientific American 221:2, 1969, pp. 74-82.) Copyright (c) Society for Interdisciplinary Studies 1984 ISSN 0308-3276
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