This Erratic Planet is a book of vital importance to
the future of our species. Drawing on a staggering range
of references across disciplines including geology,
astronomy, archaeology and palaeontology, Ian Rankin
outlines his radical ideas about the worlds past.
Contrary to conventional scientific thinking, the
evidence he has examined has convinced him that the
history of our planet is not one of gradual change, as
proposed by Darwin's theory of evolution, but a story of
successive, yet systematic, global catastrophes. These
have wiped almost all trace of previous civilisations
from the face of the Earth. These catastrophes, known as
pole shifts, derive from the unstable nature of the
solar system, which is the subject of the book's second
part. Ian Rankin takes issue with Newton's Theory of
Gravity, deeming it inadequate to explain the unwavering
motion of the planets over billions of years. Instead,
he proposes a New Theory, in which the Sun is not the
centre of the solar system, but is itself revolving
around a Magnetic Centre, a black hole - as yet
undiscovered - whose powerful magnetic pull opposes the
constant push of the solar wind to the outer reaches of
the system. This Erratic Planet will fascinate not only
lovers of catastrophe theories, but also anyone
open-minded enough to entertain radical ideas about the
nature of the universe. Its ideas are so groundbreaking
they deserve the widest possible attention. |
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