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Title: The Science of God by Gerald Schroeder ISBN: 0-7679-0303-X Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 20 October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.63 (78 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Amazing Concept. Not so good science...
Comment: Modern scientific data points to a Universe billions of years old, while the Bible says that creation took six days.
Until recently, people assumed that they must choose between these two mutually exclusive options. A variaty of philosophies existed on both sides, but the bottom line was that only one of the two timeframes can be true.
Gerald Schroeder, in his amazing book, shows that both timelines can be genuinely and literaly true.
The idea is absolutely brilliant: Using the idea of relativistic time dilation, Schroeder proposes that the time scientists measure as billion of years was indeed precieved as six days from the Universal viewpoint.
After he is done with the six days of Genesis, he continues to tackle other difficult issues like free will vs. determinism, and the problem of evil. All in all, a very deep coverage of the usual questions typically asked by skeptics.
Now, for the critical part of my review:
While Schroeder excels in philosophy and theology, he makes quite a few grave mistakes when it comes to the science of his ideas.
The most important one is that his physical implementation of the six days of Genesis is totally at fault. This is even hinted in the book, as Schroeder correctly states the relation of universal time dilation to the background temperature. The dinosaurs would have to suffer the heat of billions of degrees, for their entire era to be compressed to one day. (In reality, the cosmological dilation associated with the age of dinosaurs is about 1%).
Normally, if I see such a mistake in a science book, I would throw it immediately into the trash. But in this case, the case Schroeder presents remains incredibly strong even after removing all the relativity calculations.
So strong, in fact, that I've only deducted one star from my rating because of it.
My recommendation:
Buy the book. Read it. And whenever Schroeder mentions time dilation calculations, ignore it. Don't let this major goof spoil an otherwise uplifting experience.
Rating: 5
Summary: A relief from uneeded strife
Comment: The main reason I chose to write this review was to clear up some of the misunderstandings in other reviews about Schroeder's time calculations. The choice of the factor million million is NOT arbitrary. It is based off of the redshift of cosmic background radiation between quark confinement and approximately the present. It is also related to the change in temperature from quark confinement to the present. I double-checked this temperature change in "Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics: Volume II (3rd Edition)".
Actual review: this book is great. As a christian, I had fears when I began reading it. I see this fear when evolution is mentioned in my church. It is the fear that your entire life is based on something that doesn't agree with the facts, that you have been missing the truth.
But in reading it, my faith in the Bible is stronger than it has ever been. It is true what he says: an understanding of the works of God comes not only from the Bible, but from a firm understanding of science. Don't blink at the facts. Read this book and understand why there is no reason for conflict between two of God's greatest creations.
Rating: 1
Summary: Science of the Goofed!
Comment: The most charitable comment I can give to this book is that "it is a journey". More specifically, it is a torturing journey. The author tends to mix up very simple scientific methodology and metaphysical philosophy. Often, Gerald seems to look like an armchair philosopher and jumps to unsupported onotological conclusion. One may find plenty philosophical problems in the analysis, arguments from personal credulity and incredulity. The arguments are not even close to being convincing. I would not recommend this chauvinistic exegesis to anyone would like to 'find things out'.
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Title: Genesis and the Big Bang Theory : The Discovery Of Harmony Between Modern Science And The Bible by Gerald Schroeder ISBN: 0553354132 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Hidden Face of God: Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth by Gerald L. Schroeder ISBN: 0743203259 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 09 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: God at the Speed of Light by T. Lee, MD Baumann, T. Lee Baumann ISBN: 0876044399 Publisher: A.R.E. Press Pub. Date: 25 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: When Science Meets Religion : Enemies, Strangers, or Partners? by Ian G. Barbour ISBN: 006060381X Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 16 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Show Me God: What the Message from Space Is Telling Us About God by Fred Heeren, George Smoot ISBN: 1885849532 Publisher: Day Star Productions Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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