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| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
FUNDAMENTALS |
| Chapter One: Science - Maid or Mistress | 11 |
| 1.1 | What is science and what is it not? | 11 |
| 1.2 | What are the foundations of science? | 15 |
| 1.3 | Why Science? | 17 |
| 1.4 | The picture science gives us of the World: How true is it? | 19 |
| 1.5 | What about miracles? | 20 |
| 1.6 | Why Torah and Science? | 21 |
| SCIENCE'S ROLE IN TORAH |
| Chapter Two: Science In the Service of Torah | 23 |
| 2.1 | Mitzvah - fulfillment involves the world | 23 |
| 2.2 | Love and reverence of G-d | 28 |
| 2.3 | Understanding the Torah | 30 |
| 2.4 | Wisdom in the nations' eyes | 32 |
| 2.5 | To "subjugate the earth" | 35 |
| 2.6 | Health | 37 |
| 2.7 | Earning a livelihood | 38 |
| 2.8 | Practically speaking | 39 |
| Chapter Three: Sublime Sophistication | 42 |
| 3.1 | Introduction | 42 |
| 3.2 | The forces of nature | 42 |
| 3.3 | Some marvels of water and air | 44 |
| 3.4 | The smart television camera | 45 |
| TORAH AS SCIENCE'S MENTOR
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| Chapter Four: Torah As Science's Mother and Guide | 49 |
| 4.1 | Introduction | 49 |
| 4.2 | The unity of science and the unity of God | 50 |
| 4.3 | The nuclear threat | 52 |
| 4.4 | Medical ethics | 52 |
| 4.5 | Moral problems in biology | 56 |
| 4.6 | The problem of leisure time | 57 |
| Chapter Five: Torah and the Protection of the Environment | 60 |
| 5.1 | Man as the world's guardian | 60 |
| 5.2 | Settlement of the world | 61 |
| 5.3 | "Do not destroy" | 63 |
| 5.4 | Harming your neighbor | 65 |
| 5.5 | Sanitation | 67 |
| 5.6 | City planning | 68 |
| 5.7 | Copernican revolution of the mind | 70 |
| 5.8 | The end of days | 71 |
| REGIONS OF OVERLAP |
| Chapter Six: Torah Psychology | 73 |
| 6.1 | Introduction | 73 |
| 6.2 | Metapsychology | 75 |
| 6.3 | The Torah's personality theory | 77 |
| 6.4 | Mental hygiene | 89 |
| | Appendix: The "Good" and "Evil" Inclinations | 97 |
| Chapter Seven: Conflicts Between Torah and Science | 101 |
| 7.1 | Introduction | 101 |
| 7.2 | The age of the world | 102 |
| 7.3 | The origin of species | 104 |
| 7.4 | The uncertainty principle and the wisdom of the Creator | 106 |
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Appendix 1 A Biblical Talmudic Cosmogeny
Appendix 2 On Divine Providence | 113
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| EPILOGUE: Torah and the Humanities | 119 |
| Authorities cited | 132 |
| References | 135 |
| Indices | 149 |