Interview with David Berlinski

Published: Aug. 2, 2008, 4:38 p.m.

b'David Berlinski, resident of Paris and star of the new Expelled documentary, holds a Ph.D. in the philosophy of mathematics from Princeton. A self-identified \\u201csecular Jew,\\u201d he earned kudos for his award-winning book A Tour of the Calculus, followed by several other books on the history of mathematics. In the past decade, has emerged as one of the most controversial and enigmatic figures who has plunged into the debate over Darwinism and Design. He is interviewed here about his new book "The Devil\\u2019s Delusion," which responds to the flood of polemical books from the \\u201cnew atheists\\u201d such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris. With barbed wit, Berlinski explains why and how these \\u201cevangelists for atheism\\u201d--and their zealous tracts--fall flat on their intellectual faces.
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