Description: The Velikovsky Affair:The Warfare of Science and Scientismby Alfred de Grazia (editor)Published by University Books, New Hyde Park, NY, 1966. First Edition, first printing. Very good hardcover, in very good price-clipped dustjacke in mylar wrappert. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text. 8vo, index, 260. The Velikovsky Affair outlines the suppression, by a group of American academics, of Immanuel Velikovsky's work and ideas. We hear, for example, how Harlow Shapley organized a campaign of intimidation against Velikovsky's publisher Macmillan, and how the latter, faced with economic ruin, capitualted and asked the best-selling author to take his book to another publisher. This was without precendent in American publishing history, and more in tune with what was happening at that time in the Soviet Union.Well worth a read and an important historical document. Loc: E18StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedbackIMMANUEL VELIKOVSKY AFFAIR Scientific Supppression First Edition Catastrophe '66 The Velikovsky Affair:The Warfare of Science and Scientismby Alfred de Grazia (editor)Published by University Books, New Hyde Park, NY, 1966. First Edition, first printing. Very good hardcover, in very good price-clipped dustjacke in mylar wrappert. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text. 8vo, index, 260. The Velikovsky Affair outlines the suppression, by a group of American academics, of Immanuel Velikovsky's work and ideas. We hear, for example, how Harlow Shapley organized a campaign of intimidation against Velikovsky's publisher Macmillan, and how the latter, faced with economic ruin, capitualted and asked the best-selling author to take his book to another publisher. This was without precendent in American publishing history, and more in tune with what was happening at that time in the Soviet Union.Well worth a read and an important historical document. Loc: E18
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Author: Alfred de Grazia (editor)
Book Title: The Velikovsky Affair: The Warfare of Science and Scientism
Language: English
Topic: Science, Immanuel Velikovsky, CATASTROPHE
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University Books,
Genre: Antiquarian & Collectible, Environment, Nature & Earth, Folklore & Mythology, Historical, History, Mathematics & Sciences
Book Series: NONE
Publication Year: 1966
Original Language: English
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Type: Hardcover
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Edition: First Edition
Signed: No
Intended Audience: Adults, Young Adults
Vintage: Yes
Inscribed: No
Ex Libris: No
Personalized: No
Personalize: No
Signed By: N/A
Era: 1960s
Number of Pages: 260
