Piergiorgio Odifreddi

He studied mathematics in Italy, the United States, and the Soviet Union. An eminent scholar of logic and mathematics, he teaches at Cornell University and the University of Turin.
A contributor to "Repubblica," "L'Espresso," "Le Scienze," and "Psychologies," he directs the popular science series "La Lente di Galileo" for Longanesi.
He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, including, as a regular guest, on Crozza Italia on La7.
He won the Galileo Prize from the Italian Mathematical Union in 1998, the Peano Prize from Mathesis in 2002, and the Italgas Prize for popular science in 2006.
His books include The Gospel According to Science (1999), From the Earth to the Moons (2018), Diary of a Cynic and a Dreamer (2020), and Once Upon a Time There Was a Paradox (2021).

http://www.piergiorgioodifreddi.it/