The Heavenly Time Machine: Essays on Science and Torah [Paperback]

Morris Engelson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2001

When And How Did The Universe Begin?

What Does Science Have To Say About Miracles?

What Is The Purpose Of Free Will If All Is Foreseen?

These, and countless other questions about creation, space, time, the universe and all things in between were considered long ago by those who understood how to read the Torah at its deepest level of meaning. Those not familiar with these commentaries believe that there is an insurmountable conflict between the Bible and science. But that is not the case. On the contrary. The latest scientific discoveries are in full accord with Torah. The more science uncovers, the more we find agreement with impossible-sounding statements made centuries and millennia ago on the basis of what the Bible tells us.

Learn how our understanding of the universe, based on the twentieth-century science of quantum mechanics, relativity theory and big bang cosmology, campares to predictions made centuries ago from the Bible. How did the early universe get from chaos to order in seeming defiance of the second law of thermodynamics? How is it possible to reconcile a 6000-year time period with one counted in billions of years? Does G-d need to use a time machine to observe all space and time? Why are prominent scientists claiming that the universe is so strange that it really should not and cannot exist? Read this book and find out.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A very highly recommended book. Read the book and see how the new science is validating the old beliefs. -- Harold McFarland, Reders Preference Reviews

A wonderful book. What I liked best was the enthusiasm and wonder with which the author approaches the subject. -- Dr. Andrew Goldfinger, Space Mission Concepts Group at Johns Hopkins University, and Author of

An intriguing book sure to interest anyone. Comforting, as well as informative. -- Jewish Review, November 1, 2001

Essays clearly developed, don't require reader have degree in science, cover large variety of related topics. -- NY/LA Jewish Times. May, 2002

Gently explores difficult topics which show fascinating correspondence between science and Torah. -- Dr. H. Kuttner, May-July, 2002 Kesser Messer Magazine

I urge Christians to read this precious gem. -- Dr. George Patterson, Adjunct professor of Intercultural Studies, Western Seminary

From the Publisher

Beginning Index A - C

Abel, Abraham, A Brief History of Time, Acknowledgements, Act of G-d, Adam, Adaptation in evolution, Ahmes the scribe, Aiken (Lisa), Amino acid, Akiva, Alpha Centauri and Proxima Centauri, Alpha paricle, Analysis of a conversation, Ampere (Andre-Marie), Andromeda nebula (and QM), Angstrom unit, Anthropic principle (alternative to Torah, and QM, and Torah, argument against, explained, in inflation theory, strong and weak, versions), Antielectron (positron), Antimatter (CP violation and charge conservation, creation), Arrow of time, Asimov (Isaac), Asteroid impact, Astronomy (and Torah, ancient religion, Ptolemaic), Atoms (and chemistry, and evolution, and gravity, and strong force, carbon formation, in life, radioactive decay, structure of matter), Aufrecht (Dale),

Bacteria and oxygen, Barah (creation of darkness, initial creation, creation of man, creation of nature, creation of soul), Barrow (John), Baryon (and quarks), Barzilai (ben Judah, multiple creation from nothing, multiple universes), Bell's theorem and action at a distance, Breshis (in hidden knowledge), Beryllium (instability, resonance, bottleneck), Bessell (Wilhelm Friedrich and parallax), Bible and (Adam, evolution, inflation theory, miracles, multiple universes, QM, science, Torah, belief in, debates, historical record, creation), Big bang (anthropic principle, CBR, inflation theory, neutrino, photons, QM, time dilation, Torah), Big numbers, Black body in CBR, Black holes (disorder of), Bohu in creation, Boltzmann (Ludwig), Boomerang CBR tests, Boson (messenger particles), Briston betularia moths in evolution, Brownlee (Donald), Bruno (Giordano)

Cain, Carbon and life (and anthropic thinking), Carmel (Aryeh), Carter (Brandon), Casimir effect, Causality and time (and free will), Cause and effect (in science, in Torah), Cepheid variables, Challenge, Chavel (Charles), Clark (Samuel), COBE CBR measurements, Conservation of charge, Consciousness in QM, Contents, Continuously habitable zone, Copenhagen interpretation of QM, Cosmic background radiation (and age of universe, inflation), Cosmic Coincidences, Cosmological constant, Cosmology (and evolution), CP violation, Creation (age of universe, CBR, evolution, mankind, anthropic principle, continuous, initial, in Kabbalah, in Torah, neutrino, ongoing), Creator (and angels, and humans, hidden), Cro-Magnon, Cumulative selection

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Product Details

• Paperback: 270 pages
• Publisher: Joint Management Strategy; First Edition edition (May 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964287005
• ISBN-13: 978-0964287006
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional essays on science and the Torah, August 25, 2002

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"The Heavenly Time Machine" is a brilliant series of essays on the current state of science and how it relates to the Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible). While often very scientific in nature, the essays are still written with the layman in mind. The author does not give a deep, in-depth discourse on complex scientific theory such as quantum mechanics, matter, space, time, big bang theory, and the mathematics of extremely large numbers, but still explains enough that the reader can understand the point being made.

While normally a very fast reader, I found myself purposely slowing down to make sure that I gained a complete understanding of each chapter. I found myself often stopping to consider a point and contemplate the consequences and logic of the analysis.

Under Newtonian ideas of the universe everything was logical and predictable. This is not the case today. Many experiments have shown that the Newtonian laws break down completely when dealing with atomic and sub-atomic particles. As physics and mathematics have shown the importance of various relationships and the probabilities that they might occur by chance calculated the end conclusion is that the universe required for our existence should not exist and yet it does. Now more and more scientists have come full circle to agreement that the universe was created with us in mind.

While many of these concepts defy science, it seems that they do not defy the Torah. The Torah can be interpreted to include such concepts as multiple universes, space and time fluctuations, etc. The end result is that no insurmountable conflict exists between the Torah and science. In actuality the Torah now seems to be the one that was far ahead of its time and science in now finally catching up.

A very highly recommended book for anyone dealing with concepts of science and religion being in conflict with each other. Read the book and see how the new science is validating the old beliefs.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From back jacket of book., May 4, 2001

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This review is from: The Heavenly Time Machine: Essays on Science and Torah (Paperback)

When And How Did The Universe Begin? What Does Science Have To Say About Miracles? What Is The Purpose Of Free Will If all Is Foreseen?

These, and countless other questions about creation, space, time, the universe and all things in between were considered long ago by those who understood how to read the Torah at its deepest level of meaning. Those not familiar with these commentaries believe that there is an insurmauntable conflict between the Bible and science. But that is not the case. On the contrary. The latest scientific discoveries are in full accord with the Torah. The more science uncovers, the more we find agreement with impossible-sounding statements made centuries ago on the basis of what the Bible tells us.

Learn how our understanding of the universe, based on the twentieth-century science of quantum mechanics, relativity theory and big bang cosmology, compares to predictions made centuries ago from the Bible. How did the early universe get from chaos to order in seeming defiance of the second law of thermodynamics? Does G-d need to use a time machine to observe all space and time? Why are prominent scientists claiming that the univers is so strange that it really should not and cannot exist? Read this book and find out.