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Velikovsky was one of the geniuses of the 20th century...CANCELED of course by consensus science (led by "atheist" Sagan).
Not the same genre, but mention of Velikovsky usually brings to my mind Halton Arp, another highly credentialed scientist (radio astronomer) who call BS on the whole "science" of cosmology for their historic misinterpretation of red shift data.
Finally, anyone interested in Velikovsky MUST check out David Talbott (cf. Saturn Theory).
NASA begrudgingly accorded him some attention when he urged them to note the position of rock samples collected by Apollo flights on the moon - at which they laughed uproariously because everyone knew that there had been no tectonic activity on the moon in millions of years thus no magnetic poles... The first rock samples showed polar magnetism but of course they paid no attention to the placement of the samples so learned nothing from that initial experience.
They subsequently invited Velikovsky to speak at NASA - without much enthusiasm.
Velikovsky was more of a Bible scholar - and believer - than a scientist. He tended to prove his scientific observations by quoting Scripture --- anathema to NASA - and Carl Sagan. Still today on such shows as 'How the Universe Works' I hear Velikovsky's ideas {space is not empty but is made up of a plasma...} - but without giving him any credit for the data. 🤷♂️ He even predicted that Venus would be the only planet to rotate retrograde... such an idiot! 🤯