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From Velikovsky at Harvard by Stephen L. Talbott
"The sun, he said, couldn't have more than 1800 positive volts (or, it follows, one negative volt) This before physicist V. A. Bailey calculated that the sun has a negative charge of 1019 volts. And so, in a stronghold of ill-starred resistance to his views, Velikovsky was finally asked to tell his own story and to call forth his own witnesses. He spoke before an audience hosted by the Society of Harvard Engineers and Scientists, comprising faculty, alumni, graduate, and undergraduate students. The decision to invite Velikovsky originated with Herbert Zisch-k,au, a Harvard sophomore; Louis Sutro, on the research staff of MIT's Draper Laboratory, worked out the arrangements with Velikovsky."
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