David Berlinski se zabývá komplexními otázkami vědy a filozofie. Jeho práce, které se objevily v předních publikacích, zkoumají původ mysli a povahu existence. Berlinskiho analytický přístup, formovaný studiem matematiky a filozofie, proniká do složitých témat s hlubokou intelektuální zvídavostí. Jeho mnohostranné zájmy zahrnují jak vědecké spekulace, tak tvůrčí psaní, což čtenářům nabízí jedinečné spojení rigorózního myšlení a literárního talentu.
A secular Jew, Berlinski nonetheless delivers a biting defense of religious thought. This incisive book explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it can be--indeed must be--the ultimate touchstone for understanding the world.
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. In his latest foray into mathematics, David Berlinski takes on the simplest questions that can be asked: What is a number? How do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division actually work? What are geometry and logic? As he delves into these subjects, he discovers and lucidly describes the beauty and complexity behind their seemingly simple exteriors, making clear how and why these mercurial, often slippery concepts are essential to who we are. Filled with illuminating historical anecdotes and asides on some of the most fascinating mathematicians through the ages, One, Two, Three is a captivating exploration of the foundation of mathematics: how it originated, who thought of it, and why it matters. From the Hardcover edition.
The book offers a critical analysis of the responses to Stephen C. Meyer's influential work on intelligent design, "Signature in the Cell." It highlights how many critics failed to engage with the core arguments of Meyer's theory. Edited by David Klinghoffer, it features essays from prominent defenders of intelligent design, including David Berlinski and Paul Nelson, who examine the critiques using the critics' own writings. This collection aims to clarify and defend the principles of intelligent design against its detractors.
Polymath and raconteur David Berlinski is at it again, challenging the shibboleths of contemporary science with his inimitable blend of deep learning, close reasoning, and rapier wit. In Science After Babel he reflects on everything from Newton, Einstein, and Gödel to catastrophe theory, information theory, and the morass that is modern Darwinism. The scientific enterprise is unarguably impressive, but it shows no sign of reaching the empyrean heights it seemed to promise a century ago. "It resembles Bruegel's Tower of Babel," Berlinski says, "and if it suggests anything at all, it suggests that its original plans have somehow been lost." Science endures. Scientism, it would seem, is guttering out.
Militantný ateizmus je na vzostupe. V uplynulých rokoch autority ako Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett a Christopher Hitchens vyprodukovali nepretržitý prúd knižných bestsellerov, znevažujúcich náboženskú vieru ako nebezpečné bláznovstvo. A títo autori sú len špičkou omnoho väčšieho hnutia, ktoré dnes zahŕňa veľkú časť vedeckej komunity. David Berlinski strávil veľkú časť svojho života písaním o matematike a iných vedách. Hoci je sám sekulárnym Židom, predsa predkladá uštipačnú obranu náboženského myslenia, pričom si dovoľuje klásť dosť nepríjemné otázky o týchto nových ateistoch a odpovedať na ne. Diabolský blud je skvelá, prenikavá a zábavná kniha, ktorá skúma hranice vedy a pretvárky tých, čo nástoja, že veda môže byť ba musí byť konečným skúšobným kameňom na pochopenie nášho sveta a nás samých.
