Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
Berlinski received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Princeton University.
1130 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, United States
David Berlinski attended Columbia College.
Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
Berlinski received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Princeton University.
1130 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, United States
David Berlinski attended Columbia College.
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1976
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1976
(Black Mischief is the cogent and absorbing story of an un...)
Black Mischief is the cogent and absorbing story of an unusually fertile period in the contemporary science.
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1988
(When San Francisco private eye Aaron Asherfeld is hired t...)
When San Francisco private eye Aaron Asherfeld is hired to track down a missing businessman, his investigation takes on a kinky dimension as he meets a host of characters from the city’s sleazy underside.
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1993
(Investigating the death of a philosophy professor at a fa...)
Investigating the death of a philosophy professor at a fashionable northern California university, Aaron Asherfeld interrogates the radical--and somewhat ridiculous--racial, sexual, and intellectual factions at the college, each of which harbors a secret about the dead man.
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1994
(Berlinski explores the furthest implications of his subje...)
Berlinski explores the furthest implications of his subject, revealing how the calculus reconciles the precision of numbers with the fluidity of the changing universe.
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1995
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Hired by the accounting firm of Plumbeck and Ergenweiler to investigate the disappearance of the partner’s shared mistress, San Francisco investigator Aaron Asherfeld finds himself embroiled in a sexual harassment suit and a drug dealer’s pursuits.
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1996
(The author of A Tour of the Calculus serves up a loving p...)
The author of A Tour of the Calculus serves up a loving portrait of the life of Sir Isaac Newton that also assesses his remarkable accomplishments in the field of science, his rescue of the British mint and its currency, and his intellectual battles with colleagues.
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2000
(In The Advent of the Algorithm, David Berlinski combines ...)
In The Advent of the Algorithm, David Berlinski combines science, history, and math to explain and explore the intriguing story of how the algorithm was finally discovered by a succession of mathematicians and logicians, and how this paved the way for the digital age.
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2000
(David Berlinski explains the power of humanity's oldest p...)
David Berlinski explains the power of humanity's oldest predictive system in this stunning and original new book.
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2003
(In Infinite Ascent, David Berlinski, the acclaimed author...)
In Infinite Ascent, David Berlinski, the acclaimed author of The Advent of the Algorithm, A Tour of the Calculus, and Newton’s Gift, tells the story of mathematics, bringing to life with wit, elegance, and deep insight a 2,500-year-long intellectual adventure.
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2005
(Bestselling author David Berlinski's wise and witty assau...)
Bestselling author David Berlinski's wise and witty assault on the pretensions of the scientific atheists.
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2008
(In this collection of essays, Dr. David Berlinski, a Seni...)
In this collection of essays, Dr. David Berlinski, a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute, writes about three profound mysteries: the existence of the human mind, the existence and diversity of living creatures, and the existence of matter.
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2009
(From the acclaimed author of A Tour of the Calculus and T...)
From the acclaimed author of A Tour of the Calculus and The Advent of the Algorithm, here is a riveting look at mathematics that reveals a hidden world in some of its most fundamental concepts.
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2011
(The King of Infinite Space presents a rich, accessible tr...)
The King of Infinite Space presents a rich, accessible treatment of Euclid and his beautifully simple geometric system, which continues to shape the way we see the world.
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2013
David Berlinski was born in 1942, in New York City, New York, United States to German-born Jewish refugees. His father, Herman Berlinski, was a composer, organist, pianist, musicologist and choir conductor, and his mother, Sina Berlinski (Goldfein), was a pianist, piano teacher and voice coach.
Berlinski received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Princeton University. He also attended Columbia College.
Berlinski worked as a research assistant in the Department of Biology at Columbia University for less than one year. He has taught at Stanford University, Rutgers University, City University of New York, University of Washington, University of Santa Clara, University of San Francisco, and San Francisco State University. He has also taught mathematics at the Université de Paris.
David Berlinski’s book titles range from the mystery A Clean Sweep to the decidedly nonfiction The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea That Rules the World. A mathematician and novelist, Berlinski approaches both genres with a characteristically freewheeling writing style.
In 1976 Berlinski produced one of his notable early works, On Systems Analysis: An Essay concerning the Limitations of Some Mathematical Methods in the Social, Political, and Biological Sciences. The book examines how some computer advocates would apply mathematical theory to social policies.
Nearly ten years later Berlinski released Black Mischief: The Mechanics of Modern Science, a look at “what scientists really do, as opposed to what they say they do,” as described in Library Journal by contributor Robert Paustian.
The most resonant was the essay The Deniable Darwin, which was published in 1996 and subsequently formed the basis of the book with the same name. In this work, Berlinski criticizes the scientific consensus related to the theory of evolution: according to the scientist, this concept has logical gaps.
Berlinski is the author of a number of non-fiction books on systems analysis, the history of differential topology, analytic philosophy, and the philosophy of mathematics. He has also experimented with fiction and published several detective novels.
David was a postdoctoral fellow in mathematics and molecular biology at Columbia University. In addition, he has held research fellowships at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria and the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in France.
(Investigating the death of a philosophy professor at a fa...)
1994(In The Advent of the Algorithm, David Berlinski combines ...)
2000(The author of A Tour of the Calculus serves up a loving p...)
2000(In Infinite Ascent, David Berlinski, the acclaimed author...)
2005(Hired by the accounting firm of Plumbeck and Ergenweiler ...)
1996(When San Francisco private eye Aaron Asherfeld is hired t...)
1993(From the acclaimed author of A Tour of the Calculus and T...)
2011(The King of Infinite Space presents a rich, accessible tr...)
2013(Berlinski explores the furthest implications of his subje...)
1995(David Berlinski explains the power of humanity's oldest p...)
2003(Black Mischief is the cogent and absorbing story of an un...)
1988(Bestselling author David Berlinski's wise and witty assau...)
2008(In this collection of essays, Dr. David Berlinski, a Seni...)
2009Berlinski describes himself as a secular Jew.
Berlinski is a critic of the theory of evolution, but he refuses to theorize about the origin of life. He stated he was skeptical of evolution for a number of reasons, claiming an appearance "at once" of an astonishing number of novel biological structures in the Cambrian explosion, a lack of major transitional fossils, a lack of recent significant evolution in sharks, the evolution of the eye, and a failure of evolutionary biology to explain various phenomena ranging from the sexual cannibalism of redback spiders to why women are not born with a tail.
Quotations:
“Did you imagine that science was a disinterested pursuit of the truth? Well, you were wrong.”
“It is in the world of things and places, times and troubles and turbid
processes, that mathematics is not so much applied as illustrated.”
“The advent of militant atheism marks a reaction—a lurid but natural reaction—to the violence of the Islamic world.”
“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” The lame and the blind excepted, who could object?”
“But an innocent conviction of grace, once lost, cannot easily be regained.”
David Berlinski was married to Toby Saks. Berlinski's daughter Claire Berlinski is a journalist and his son Mischa Berlinski is a writer.
Herman Berlinski was a composer, organist, pianist, musicologist and choir conductor.
Sina Berlinski (Goldfein) was a pianist, piano teacher and voice coach.
Toby Saks was an American cellist, the founder of the Seattle Chamber Music Society and a member of the New York Philharmonic.
Claire Berlinski is an American journalist and author.
Mischa Berlinski is an American author. His novel Fieldwork was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award.
