Thinking About Creation: Eternal Torah and Modern Physics

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Summary: Interesting; a triple, not a home run.
Review: The writing style is light and enjoyable and the author reveals a lot of interesting concepts being generated by contemporary physics. There are also some interestting incites into Torah; but, as far as unifying Torah with modern physics there is still a bit of a way to go at the present time. Dr. Goldfinger does give it a good try though.

In my opinion the definitive work in this area remains Gerald Schroeder's Genesis and the Big Bang.

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Summary: A very enjoyable and enlightening book!
Review: Thinking About Creation : Eternal Torah and Modern Physics is very enjoyable and enlightening book. It explores both the Torah and the intricacies of modern physics, and demonstrates their convergence. While both of these topics potentially can be heavy reading, the author keeps them light without sacrificing a lot of technical content. I recommend the book for people who are interested in the topic and want to have fun at the same time.

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Summary: A must read!
Review: This is one of many good books currently out that shows that Torah true Judaism and science can and do in fact live side by side with no contradiction. Actually, Jews have always been active in science (Rambam, otherwise known as Maimonedies, one of the best minds in Judaism in the Common Era was a doctor and scientist) and Dr. Goldfinger is simply participating in a long and proud tradition.

He is well able to comment on both Torah and science. He is a practicing Orthodox Jew (Chassidic actually) and lives Judaism every minute of his life (ours is not a religion that allows you to compartmentalize your religious convictions and the rest of your life). He is also an accomplished physicist (he works at Johns Hopkins as a researcher).

This book is a joy to read. A book that is heavy on physics has the potential to be very dry and boring (at least for me), good bedtime reading, but I find this one to be very interesting. No surprise since I've heard Dr. Goldfinger lecture and I've met him (I sometimes attend the same synagogue as he) and found him to be an extememly warm person. I am looking forward to his next book whenever it comes out.