Amazing that back in 1950 Velikovsky got so many things right. Venus’ retrograde rotation and a hotter than would be expected temperature (for that distance from the sun), plus the heavy atmosphere were all part of his theory way before we had sent anything in for a close look.
That fact that his theories were vilified have been proven wrong. He claimed that there would also be a link found between North/South American continents and that of European/African continents also was confirmed.