Harrison Brown

Harrison Brown

Harrison Scott Brown (September 26, 1917 – December 8, 1986) was a geoscientist with experience in chemistry, atomic physics and geology and astrophysics.[ref]”Ch.2. Harrison Brown“,……

Sean Mewhinney

Sean Mewhinney (December 30, 1944 – January 15, 2016)[ref]”In Memory of Mr. Sean Mewhinney December 30, 1944 – January 15, 2016“, Hollyburn Funeral Home, West……
John Quincy Stewart

John Q. Stewart

John Quincy Stewart (September 10, 1894 – March 19, 1972) was an American astrophysicist who obtained his Ph.D. in physics from, and taught astrophysics at……
Albert W. Burgstahler

Albert W. Burgstahler

Albert W. Burgstahler (b. July 10, 1928, Grand Rapids, d. October 12, 2013, Lawrence, KS)[ref]”Obituary: Albert William Burgstahler 1928 – 2013 Lawrence, KS“, LJWorld.com, retrieved……
Phil Plait

Philip Plait

Dr. Philip Plait (a.k.a. The Bad Astronomer) is an astronomer and skeptic who runs the website BadAstronomy.com. His book of the same name, Bad Astronomy……
Harlow Shapley

Harlow Shapley

Harlow Shapley (November 2, 1885 – October 20 1972) was an American astronomer instrumental in organizing a campaign in academia against Immanuel Velikovsky‘s controversial book……
Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992), was a Russian-born American author and professor of biochemistry, a successful writer, best known for……
Harold Spencer Jones

Harold Spencer Jones

Sir Harold Spencer Jones KBE (29 March 1890 Kensington, London – 3 November 1960) was a British astronomer who became the 10th Astronomer Royal in……
Fred Whipple

Fred Whipple

Fred Lawrence Whipple (November 5, 1906–August 30, 2004) was an American astronomer, perhaps best known for his “dirty snowball” model of comets. After Whipple finished……

W. C. Straka

Astronomy who criticised Velikovsky in the 1970s William Charles Straka is an Astronomy who criticised Velikovsky in the pages of Pensée. For example, he wrote:……
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