Author: Raphael Sassower
Format: Paperback. Plain white endpapers. Size: about 15.3cm W x 22.9cm H x 1.0cm T. Pages: xiv + 156. Index.
Publisher: Routledge, New York and London.
ISBN: 0-415-91110-9
Status: New.

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   This book is a translation of the French biography, by a distinguished French historian of thought, of the relatively little-studied pioneer of Jewish historiography and astronomy, David Gans (1541-1613). It puts him in his Jewish intellectual and religious setting and also in relation to Renaissance Prague, where he lived. It describes his work in geography and astronomy and his attempt, with the aid of the mystical teaching of his master, the Maharal (Judah Loew) of Prague, to reconcile the system of Copernicus with his own role as an assistant of Tycho Brahe. This biography is the first comprehensive study of the work of David Gans and his intellectual environment, both in its Jewish aspect and with regard to the great scientific revolutions of the sixteenth century.
   Andre Neher is Professor Emeritus of the University of Strasburg; he now lives in Jerusalem.

Editors: Aryeh Carmell and Cyril Domb
Format: Hardback. Plain white endpapers. Size: about 12.5cm W x 19.8cm H x 2.5cm T. Pages: 539. Indexes.
Publisher: Feldheim Publishers, Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists.
ISBN: 1-58330-424-X
Book weight: 430 grams

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REAR COVER:
Torah and science are not in conflict! On the contrary, the Torah is essential for evaluating modern scientific thought and pinpointing the hasty assumptions and unwarranted conclusions of some scientists.

This is the opinion of many respected Sabbath-observant biologists, mathematicians, philosophers and nuclear physicists who have contributed to this book. In this collection of 34 wide-ranging essays and articles, the following questions and discussed:

• Does the Torah place and restrictions on scientific enquiry?
• Must our attitude towards theories like geological dating and natural selection be wholly negative?
• What ethical challenges have arisen as a result of scientific advances in molecular biology, organ transplants amd human experimentation?

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The Science of Torah is a fascinating study of the profound topics of the nature of scientific laws, the age of the universe, and the development of life. Rabbi Nosson Slifkin, author of Seasons of Life, discusses his own unified approach to all these issues. The Science of Torah shows that Judaism can approach these topics in a sophisticated and honest manner, without being either dogmatic or apologetic. This important and unusual work is an essential read for every thinking Jew.

Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein [Author, Maharal: Be'er HaGolah (Artscroll)] writes: "The Jewish Theory of Everything has arrived! Rabbi Nosson Slifkin examines currents of modern thought suspected to be hostile to traditional Judaism, and proves them to be more friend than foe. He blends cutting-edge science, philosophy and responsible Kabbalah into an elegant whole that will change the way you look at the universe.
     The author quickly wins the confidence of the reader with thorough scholarship, using restraint instead of hype, and giving full voice to positions that differ from his own. The Science of Torah is a considered discussion of issues, rather than a pitch for a quirky private theory. It is a book you will be proud to share with thinking friends - traditionalists and skeptics."

Rabbi Aryeh Carmell [Yeshivas Dvar Yerushalayim] writes: "...Shows convincingly that it is possible to debate these questions within the framework of modern science, while remaining completely loyal to the fundamentals of emunah ... for its scope and depth of treatment I think it is the best book presently available on this subject."

Editors: Dr. Arnie Gotfryd, Professor Herman Branover, Rabbi Shalom Lipskar
Format: Hardback (board colour: ). Dust-jacket. Plain white endpapers. Size: about 15.8cm W x 23.3cm H x 2.5cm T. Pages: xviii + 211. Glossary.
Publisher: B'Or Hatorah Publications © 1990 / Feldheim Publishers
ISBN: 0-87306-516-6. First published 1990.
Status: Out of print

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FRONT FLAP:
 
The title of this book, Fusion, refers to a process by which separate entities merge and produce energy. We have seen how this process works with atoms; now we see it with Torah and science. A new intellectual energy shines throughout this volume, illuminating a diversity of subjects of modern relevance -- mathematics, physics, biology, economics, philosophy, sociology and education.
 
Science is not at all in conflict with belief in G-d and Torah; rather, it is a complementary revelation of His Creation. Moreover, strict adherence to a Torah life style is compatible and harmonious with creativity and achievement in the sciences and humanities.
 
SHAMIR is an Israeli association of Jewish professionals from the Soviet Union. Their magazine, B'Or HaTorah, is devoted to demonstrating how the Torah's light permeates every aspect of modern life. The fifteen original articles which comprise this volume were first presented at the B'Or HaTorah Conference held in Miami during Chanukah 5748(1987). The Conference proved inspirational and informative for layperson and professional alike.
 
About the Editors
 
Professor Herman Branover was born in Russia and was brought up as an assimilated, atheistic Jew. His quest for Jewish roots and Torah started when he became a student at the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute where he studied physics and engineering. Until his immigration to Israel in 1972, he worked at the Institute of Physics in Riga and developed a new scientific area -- magnetohydrodynamics of liquid metals.
 
Although his scientific work was frequently interrupted by the authorities because of his desire to leave for Israel, he published ten books and more than one hundred scientific articles, and registered dozens of patents. His autobiography, Return (Jerusalem and New York: Feldheim Publishers, 1982, 190 pp.), proved so popular that it has been reprinted many times and translated into Russian and Hebrew. In Israel he is Head of the Center for Magnetohydrodynamic Studies at Ben-Gurion University. He is the (continued on the rear flap)
 
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(continued from the front flap) recipient of the A.D. Bergman Prize for development of new technology in Israel. He also chairs SHAMIR, and is the editor of the B'Or Ha Torah magazine.
 
The son of Holocaust survivors, Dr. Amie Gotfryd was born in Canada, where he led a fairly assimilated life until 1981. After a marathon argument with a Lubavitcher rabbi about the validity of Torah, he developed an interest in Torah living. With time, he became an observant Jew, married, and established a religious home and family.
 
Dr. Gotfryd studied Applied Ecology at the University of Toronto, where he was awarded scholarships by the Ontario Government and the Canadian Wildlife Service. While researching the songbirds and vegetation of urban woodlands, he conducted pioneering experiments probing the impact of observer bias on ecological data, analytical results, and scientific conclusions. He now heads Applied Ecology for the Gotfryd Group, a firm of environmental planners, and continues to publish articles on environmental science, technology and ethics. He is also General Manager of Chai Non-Profit Housing Corporation of Toronto, and founder and Director of JRC Youth, an outreach project of the Jewish Russian Community Centre of Toronto.
 
Rabbi Shalom D. Lipskar was educated and received his rabbinic ordination in New York at the Central Lubavitch Yeshiva.
 
Since 1973 he has been involved in extensive activities in the field of Torah education. He was founder and principal of the Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami and later founded and became the spiritual leader of the shul of Bal Harbor where many hundreds of young Jews from assimilated families are getting their first exposure to Jewish values. He is also the National Director of the Aleph Institute, which deals with rehabilitation and Jewish education of thousands of prisoners all over the United States.
 
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"Just as the theory of relativity has its firm foundation in the fact that the speed of light is absolute, so too all the events and ideas of modern life are relative, yet they and even their very relativity are based on a firm and absolute foundation - the eternal Torah and Halachah." Professor Herman Branover