 He also wrote critically of Old Earth creationist astronomer Hugh Ross, and has responded to claims by Jonathan Wells that the lack of published research by creationists contradicting the prevailing scientific consensus is due to a conspiracy he likens to Lysenkoism in the former USSR.Perakh was also interested in Bible codes, which he believed are ridiculous.Perakh's other published books include a technical volume on the subject of thin films, which has been translated into eight languages, and the novel "Man in a Wire Cage" (originally titled by the author "Train in a Wire Cage" but changed by the publisher) (1988, ).