Jason Socrates Bardi
Jason Socrates Bardi is an award-winning journalist in D.C. and the author of The Great Math War: How Three Brilliant Minds Fought for the Foundations of Mathematics. He has published hundreds of articles about modern science and medicine in outlets including the San Francisco Chronicle, Good Morning America, US News & World Report, and The Lancet. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
In this excerpt from “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi explores how Georg Cantor revolutionized mathematics and reshaped how our finite minds conceived of the infinite.