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Jan N. Sammer
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78 Hartley Avenue
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Princeton NJ
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08540
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May 22, 1981
Mr. Dewey B. Larson
755 N. E. Royal Court
Portland, OR 97232
Dear Mr. Larson:
It is about a year since I joined the
staff of a small journal of interdisciplinary studies, called Kronos;
a few months ago I suggested to the editor. Prof. Lewis Greenberg,
that he publish some articles introducing your work to the readership.
Prof. Greenberg, who has been familiar with your books for a number
of years, agreed in principle, and asked me to obtain a suitable piece.
I approached Prof. Meyer with this in mind, and he expressed his willingness
to write it—however, a few weeks later I had the chance to read some
of your lectures published in Reciprocity, and they impressed
me so much that I concluded that one or two of them would be the best
possible means of introducing the Reciprocal System to Kronos’
readers; what is more, the lectures were ready and could be sent to
Kronos’ staff members for evaluation right away.
The two specific lectures which I selected
as being the most suitable are “The Mechanism of the Universe”
and “The Fundamentals of Science in the 21st Century” .
I have retyped the former, with a few minor changes, shown in red
on the enclosed xerox—they are intended to modify the lecture slightly
from a spoken to a printed format. The retyped version was sent to
several staff members of Kronos, and after some discussions.
Prof. Greenberg has asked me to obtain your permission to publish
it. Due to a backlog of articles, the first of your pieces could appear
only in February of 1982, and possibly as late as May. The second
would follow three months after the first. (I will have “Fundamentals
of Science” ready shortly, and will send you the retyped copy
for your approval).
Kronos so far has had a rather
strong focus on the work of Immanuel Velikovsky, but articles on other,
quite unrelated subjects have appeared as well, as you may judge from
the enclosed sample copy. The main criterion is that the work be valid,
important, and unable to get a fair hearing through established channels.
Once the two introductory articles are published, I expect that more
specific pieces could follow, such as Prof. Meyer’s paper on
Mercury’s precession, some of Mr. Satz’ quantitative work
on gravitation, etc.
Would you kindly write me a note, giving
your permission for Kronos to reprint “The Mechanism of
the Universe,” with the indicated changes? Your help in filling
in the missing references on page 33 would also be greatly appreciated.
Hoping to hear from you at your convenience,
Very sincerely,
Jan Sammer
cc. Prof. Frank Meyer
