Product Description: Scholars have struggled for decades to explain why Jews have succeeded extravagantly in modern science. A variety of controversial theories―from such intellects as C. P. Snow, Norbert Wiener, and Nathaniel Weyl―have been promoted...read more

Product Description: Judaism and Science canvases three millennia of Jewish attitudes towards nature and its study. It answers many questions about the complex relationship of religion and science. How did religious attitudes and dogmas affect Jewish attitudes towards natural knowledge? How was Jewish interest in science reflected, and was facilitated by, links with other cultures - Egypt and Assyria and Babylon in ancient times, Moslem culture in medieval times, and Christian culture during the Renaissance and since? How did science serve as a bridge between religious communities that were otherwise estranged and embattled? How did science serve as a vehicle of assimilation into the wider intellectual culture in which Jews found themselves? The book considers the attitudes and work of particular Jews in different epochs...read more

Documents the tension between the ultra-Orthodox and the secular Jews, discussing both the history, politics, and culture that continues to fuel the animosity between these two groups.