Judaism, Physics And God

by Nelson, David W.

• ISBN13: 9781580232524
• ISBN10: 1580232523
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub

Summary

In a society increasingly focused on the rational and the scientific, religion and belief in God can sometimes seem to lose their place. If we can't see it, if we can't prove it, how can we believe it?

Author Biography

Rabbi David W. Nelson, PhD, a popular lecturer and former senior teaching fellow at CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, is director of the Jewish Life Connection at Bergen County YJCC in New Jersey, and president of Chavruta: A Community of Jewish Learning

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction: Jewish Tradition and Frogs' Legs	xv
1 Cosmology and Creation: In Search of Beginnings	1	(29)
2 Quantum Mechanics: God in the (Subatomic) Details	30	(49)
3 Chaos Theory: When Random Things Happen to Regular People	79	(49)
4 Albert Einstein and Special Relativity: The Cosmic Speed Limit	128	(31)
5 General Relativity: Jewish Meaning in Curved Space	159	(21)
6 String Theory: Tying It All Together	180	(45)
7 Physics in Shul: Integrating New Metaphors into Traditional Jewish Life	225	(46)
Notes	271	(21)
Suggestions for Further Reading	292	(2)
Illustration Credits	294	(1)
Index	295