Abstract
From the Introduction, which contains a first-hand report of a 1961 underground test of an atomic bomb in Nevada, to the Epilogue which affirms "that the biblical calendar is dated from the appearance of Adam, and not from the creation of the world," (p. 176) the author's exceptional writing skill provides good reading for those who disagree with his treatment, as well as for readers who applaud the conclusions. As a physicist with a doctorate from MIT, and a devout Hebrew scholar who now resides in Jerusalem, Schroeder is preeminently qualified to provide a substantive treatment of tension between scientific speculation and interpretation of biblical specifications regarding the history of the universe.