Piergiorgio Odifreddi

The Profile

Piergiorgio Odifreddi is an Italian mathematician, logician and author known for popular science books and essays that often challenge religious thought and common-sense intuitions through logic and paradoxes.

Italian mathematician and logician; noted science popularizer and critic of religion; author of Il Vangelo Secondo La Scienza.

Three reviews tackle Odifreddi’s books from angles of logic, paradoxes, and the science–religion debate. The tone swings between amused and combative. One review praises the depth and demands patience; others note difficulty in technical chapters. Overall, Odifreddi is seen as a sharp, entertaining popularizer with a polemical streak.