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© REVIEWS logical relationships. He suggests that plan- B oO oO K Ss ets emanate EM radiation that stimulates the 7 Sun's core and helps cause sunspots, that Reviewed by Ruth Parnell specific combined planetary gravitational PLANETS, SUNSPOTS AND and EM forces spark solar flares, and that EARTHQUAKES: Effects on the Sun the actual locations affected seismically the Earth and its Inhabitants , have a lot to do with the tides and the effect by Frank Glasb of "direct and indirect traction". As the y y Earth moves in and out of the combined Writers Club Press/iUniverse, USA, 2002 ISBN 0-595-22641-8 (286pp tpb) lunar, solar and planetary gravitational pas ap bat . fields, seismic faults are stressed, he says. Availability: iUniverse, website Frank Glasby doesn't claim to have all the http://www. iuniverse.com . . answers, but he presents principles and argu- ‘rank Glasby has been exploring the link ments and evena prediction paradigm which between ated volcanic activity and deserve some serious attention by scientists sunspots since 1964 and has accumulate across many disciplines. data for at least three complete solar cycles in that time, not to mention data going back PLANET-X, COMETS & EARTH up to 200 years. In the spirit of scientific CHANGES enquiry, he puts out his hypothesis for com- ment by fellow researchers in the hope that by James M. McCanney they will put his ideas to the test and add to JMccanneyscience.com press, USA, 1980, the body of knowledge. In the scientific 2nd printing 2002 world, this is a commendable move—espe- ISBN 0-9722186-0-2 (200pp tpb) cially considering that our Sun is still "max- Availability: James McCanney website, ing out" well beyond the usual time cycle. http://www.jmccanneyscience.com < t's arather uncanny time to be writing this review, just a few weeks after Comet NEAT, with a tail twice as wide as Jupiter, reached a perihelion that sparked a huge coronal mass ejection from the Sun (or was it the other way round?), and may yet cause red rain and debris to fall through the atmos- phere. And when a forecast black dwarf, dubbed "Enigma", is due to whizz past the South Pole with possibly dramatic planetary consequences (see José Chung's article last issue). These are not unlike the scenarios that Professor James McCanney forecast way back in 1980. His book, Planet-X, To start, in Planets, Sunspots and Comets & Earth Changes, was first pub- Earthquakes, Glasby explains the science of _ lished then and has been revised several sunspots in an easily understandable way, times. I'd say a third of its contents com- delineating the vagaries of the 11/22-year prises his papers (original page numbering cycles. He communicates complex ideas in _retained) on various cosmic bodies. readily assimilable form throughout, sup- The former Cornell physicist is famous for porting them with graphs and diagrams at advocating a "plasma ball" as opposed to the back of the book. (For more informa- “dirty snowball" comet theory, and—like so tion, go to www.darchliterary.iinet.net.au.) many of his peers who have espoused dis- Central to his hypothesis is the notion that senting scientific views—found himself on the planets—and particular planetary align- the outside of academia. McCanney's multi- ments—exert such an electromagnetic effect disciplinary approach, drawing on archaeol- in the solar system as to stress the Earth's ogy, astronomy, nuclear physics, mathemat- crust, thus resulting in earthquakes and vol- ics and historical records, encompasses a canic eruptions and even sunspots, as broad perspective on the probability of reflected in the Sun's changing polarities. imminent Earth/weather-changing events— For sure, the relationship between the core one that acknowledges that major cosmic of the Sun and the Earth is significant; but meltdowns come around like clockwork. In so is the angular relationship between the a pragmatic final summary, "Will Man planets Jupiter and Saturn especially, to a Survive?", he draws on basic rules of nature lesser extent between Uranus and Neptune. to suggest that: "As a species we have Closer transiting bodies like Venus and the failed... World leaders are out of control..." Moon provide additional triggers. I guess it's up to all of us now. Make sure Glasby elaborates on the basic principles you visit McCanney's website for his latest of planetary forces and also discusses bio- commentaries on local cosmic events. APRIL — MAY 2003 NEXUS +71 www.nexusmagazine.com