Published review from Aeon: A Journal of Myth and Science
Review of Dark Matter, Missing Planets & New Comets:
From Aeon: A Journal of Myth and Science,Vol. III, No. 5, May 1994, pp. 95-98, by Frederic Jueneman:
"... This [exploded planet] event is postulated as occurring some 3.2 million years ago, a thousand times more than the historical events describe in Velikovsky's scenario, [(footnote): It should be mentioned that Van Flandern is one of an exceptionally small coterie of authors who refer to Velikovsky in passing and don't give him a gratuitous verbal kick in the shins while so doing.] but still far too soon for most paleogeologists digestion who even have some gastritis over the Luis Alvarez asteroidal impact theory of some 65 million years ago at the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary. The prima rests on the observed appearance of first-time comets which have calculated orbital periods of revolution of that magnitude. This moment in time also delineates the onset of the Pleistocene, or glacial, epoch in Earth's history, including the advent of mankind himself, which gives one speculative pause. ..." [Fred is the author of the new science-challenging book "Raptures of the Deep". -- tvf]