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Henry H. Bauer
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Beyond Velikovsky: The History of a Public Controversy
Main article: Beyond Velikovsky: The History of a Public Controversy
In his book, Beyond Velikovsky: The History of a Public Controversy, Henry Bauer criticizes the research of Immanuel Velikovsky, author of Worlds in Collision (1950). Time magazine refers to Bauer's book as "the definitive treatise debunking Immanuel Velikovsky."[2] Bauer's work on Velikovsky is also cited in a Science article on Velikovsky[3] and by C. Leroy Ellenberger, editor of Kronos, a publication founded to explore Velikovsky's work. [4] Bauer's book is praised as "(a) very valuable contribution to the literature on a major controversy" by NASA Institute director Robert Jastrow,[5] and Marcello Truzzi says that "Bauer's remarkable book will be viewed, even by Velikovskians, as a great improvement over previous critical studies."[5]
Background
Bauer is an emeritus professor of chemistry and science studies, and emeritus dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ("Virginia Tech").[6] Bauer earned his Ph.D. in 1956 from the University of Sydney. He became editor-in-chief of the Journal of Scientific Exploration, a publication devoted to fringe science, after his retirement in 1999.[6]
References
- ↑ Henry H. Bauer's personal website
- ↑ Michael D. Lemonick/Gainesville, "Science on the Fringe Michael D. Lemonick/Gainesville, May 24, 2005
- ↑ John W. Patterson, "Lessons of a Controversy: Beyond Velikovsky", Science, vol. 228, issue 4705, pages 1304-1305, June 14, 1985. doi
- ↑ Leroy Ellenberger, A lesson from Velikovsky Skeptical Inquirer, reprinted from Kronos, Summer 1986, volume 10, issue 4, pages = 380-381.
- ↑ a b Henry H. Bauer, Beyond Velikovsky: The History of a Public Controversy 1984, University of Illinois Press, ISBN 978-0-252-06845-4. Back cover
- ↑ a b Biomedical Seminars: "Truth Stranger Than Fiction: HIV is Not The Cause of AIDS publ. Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Sep 12, 2007
Selected bibliography
- "Velikovsky and Social Studies of Science", 4S Review, Sage Publications, Inc., Vol. 2, No. 4 (Winter, 1984), pp. 2-8
- "Velikovsky" in Gordon Stein (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Paranormal, (1996) Prometheus Books, pp.781-88. ISBN 1573920215, ISBN 9781573920216
- "Velikovsky's place in the history of science" (PDF), Skeptic (Altadena CA), 3 #4 (1995) 52-56
- "The Velikovsky Affair", La Recherche, #205 (December 1988) 1448-1455. English-language version, Aeon, II #6 (May 1992) 75-84.
See also
- Charles Ginenthal, "Henry H. Bauer And Immanuel Velikovsky", in Stephen Jay Gould and Immanuel Velikovsky, 1996, Ivy Press Books.
External links
- Henry H. Bauer website
- Henry H. Bauer Papers at Virginia Tech
- Henry H. Bauer on Wikipedia
- The Bauer Collection, some of Bauer's papers, stored at the Digital Library and Archives, a department in the University Libraries at Virginia Tech.
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