[.ca] Thinking about Creation: Eternal Torah and Modern Physics (ISBN 0765760428)

A must read!:
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.