PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2007 CONFERENCE,
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, FITZWILLIAM COLLEGE
31ST AUGUST – 2ND SEPTEMBER
CONTENTS
‘Welcome’ Address – SIS Chairman, Laurence Dixon …………………………………………………………………………… 2
Frank Wallace – Introduction and Overview of the various cosmic scenarios for
catastrophes affecting Earth ………………………………………………………………………………….. 3
Poster Presentation – Peter Fairlie Clarke ……………………………………………………………. 11
Irving Wolfe – The Effects and Outcome of Cosmic Catastrophes on Human Societies
(‘The Goddess in Religion in Response to Catastrophe’) ………………………………………………. 13
J Bernard Delair – The Geological Evidence for Cosmic Catastrophes: Their Possible
Causes and Long-Term Significance ………………………………………………………………………. 24
Peter Warlow – Reversals of the Earth – Cause and Effect ……………………………………………………………… 34
Laurence Dixon – The Celestial Mechanics of Worlds in Collision Revisited (and
Subsequent New Findings from Space) ………………………………………………………………………… 44
Rens van der Sluijs – Ancient Traditions: What Can They Tell Us About the History of the Earth? ….. 56
David Talbott – Past History of the Planets: The Polar Configuration (Past and Present Research) .. 68
Wallace Thornhill – Electricity or Gravity: Which Rules the Universe? ………………………………………………. 85
Panel Discussion …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 101
OPEN FORUM …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 102
Summary …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 105
Closing Address …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 106
The Speakers …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 107
The Delegates …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 108
Editorial Address: ‘Innisfree’, Highsted Valley, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 0AD, UK
Review Production: Val Pearce
Lecture room sound and vision: Chris Phillips (assisted by John Morgan and Marie-Anne Phillips)
Photography (unless credited otherwise): John Morgan, Chris Phillips and Wal Thornhill
© The Society for Interdisciplinary Studies – May 2008