Immanuel Velikovsky
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Immanuel Velikovsky ( Russian : Иммануи́л Велико́вский ; 10 June [ O.S. 29 May] 1895 – 17 November 1979) was a Russian-Jewish psychiatrist and independent scholar , best known as the author of a number of controversial books reinterpreting the events of ancient history, in particular the US bestseller Worlds in Collision , published in 1950. [ 1 ] Earlier, he played a role in the founding of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel , and was a respected psychiatrist and psychoanalyst .
