David Berlinski

David Berlinski is an American author and scholar born in New York City. He received a B.A. from Columbia College and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University, and completed postdoctoral work in mathematics and molecular biology at Columbia University. He has taught mathematics, philosophy, and English at institutions including Stanford, Rutgers, the City University of New York, and the University of Paris.

Berlinski writes about mathematics, science, philosophy, and culture. His published books include One, Two, Three: A Search for Beauty and Symmetry in Mathematics, A Tour of the Calculus, The Advent of the Algorithm, Newton’s Gift, Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics, The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions, and The King of Infinite Space: Euclid and His Elements.