David Berlinski

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David Berlinski (born February 5, 1942 in New York City ) is an American mathematician .

Life

David Berlinski received his PhD in philosophy from Princeton University and worked briefly as a research assistant and a kind of postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Biology at Columbia University . He has taught philosophy, mathematics and English at Stanford University , Rutgers University , the City University of New York and the Sorbonne, among others , and has research stays at the IIASA in Laxenburg and at the IHES near Paris .

Berlinski has published works on systems analysis, differential topology , theoretical biology , analytical philosophy and the philosophy of mathematics, as well as three novels, as well as generally understandable books on mathematical and scientific history topics. His essays have appeared in Commentary Magazine , Forbes ASAP , the Boston Review and the Discovery Institute in Seattle , the organization of the most important exponents of intelligent design .

Berlinski worked with Marcel Schützenberger on a mathematical critique of Darwinism . A staunch opponent of the theory of evolution, he is a Fellow of the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute.

criticism

In his article The Deniable Darwin (1996), which appeared in Commentary magazine, Berlinski was critical of the theory of evolution. The sudden appearance of many species during the Cambrian explosion , the lack of fossils to prove transitions , the evolution of the eye, the evolution of the sharks would be, among other things, evidence that would speak against the theory of evolution. The science historian Ronald Numbers assigned this article to the intelligent design movement. The philosopher Daniel Dennett called the article bullshit .

Berlinski's book The Deniable Darwin has been criticized by Eugenie Scott , Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education .

In the movie

In the documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed by Ben Stein , Berlinski is interviewed about the theory of evolution and makes very negative comments about the evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins . This is very clever, but reminds him of a "reptile".

Publications

  • On systems analysis: an essay concerning the limitations of some mathematical methods in the social, political and biological sciences
    M.IT Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1976
  • Black Mischief: The Mechanics of Modern Science , William Morrow & Co, New York 1986
  • A Clean Sweep (novel), St Martins Press, New York 1993
  • Less Than Meets The Eye (novel), St Martin's Press, New York 1994
  • A Tour of the Calculus , Pantheon Books, New York 1995
  • The Body Shop. To Aaron Asherfeld Mystery (novel), St Martins Pr, New York 1996
  • The Advent of the Algorithm , Harcourt Brace, New York 1999
  • Newton's Gift , The Free Press, 2000
  • The Secrets of the Vaulted Sky: Astrology and the Art of Prediction , Harcourt, 2003
  • Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics , Modern Library, 2005
  • The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions , 2008

In German:

  • Apple of Knowledge , European Publishing House 2002
    ( Newton's Gift )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Berlinski, " The Deniable Darwin ", Commentary , Vol. 101, June 1996 No. 6th
  2. ^ Ronald Numbers : Darwinism Comes to America . Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1998, ISBN 0-674-19312-1 , p. 20.
  3. ^ Letters from Readers , Commentary , September 1996
personal data
SURNAME Berlinski, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City