The American Association for the Advancement of Science (or AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific society, that promotes cooperation between scientists, defends scientific freedom, encourages scientific responsibility and supports scientific education.
Velikovsky’s Challenge to Science
Main article: “Velikovsky’s Challenge to Science“
In 1974, the AAAS organized asymposium “Velikovsky’s Challenge to Science“, held on February 25, 1974, at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, organized by Professors Donald Goldsmith, Owen Gingerich, and Ivan King, and attended by Immanuel Velikovsky, and Professors Donald W. Goldsmith, Norman W. Storer, Carl Sagan, J. Derral Mulholland and Peter Huber.