English Podcast starts at 00:00:00Bengali Podcast Starts at 00:15:14Hindi Podcast Starts at 00:30:06German Podcast Starts at 00:44:45ReferenceBardi, J. S. (2025). The Great Math War: How Three Brilliant Minds Fought for the Foundations of Mathematics. Basic Bookshttps://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jason-socrates-bardi/the-great-math-war/9781541605008/Mukhopadhyay (2021). David Hilbert — The Final Years. Medium https://www.cantorsparadise.com/david-hilbert-the-final-years-f96a3c7cec51Youtube channel link https://www.youtube.com/@weekendresearcherConnect on linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mayukhpsm/Welcome to Revise and Resubmit 🎙️ and to this episode of Weekend Book Review 📚✨Today’s spotlight is on a book that turns chalkboard equations into front‑page drama: “The Great Math War: How Three Brilliant Minds Fought for the Foundations of Mathematics” by Jason Socrates Bardi 🔥. Published by Basic Books on 4 November 2025, this is not just a tour through logic symbols and set theory; it is a story of obsession, rivalry, and the stubborn human need to know what is really true in mathematics.Bardi drops us right into the Foundational Crisis at the turn of the twentieth century, when mathematicians suddenly realized their proud edifice might be standing on quicksand 🤯. On one side there is Bertrand Russell, chasing certainty by rebuilding math as pure logic. In another corner stands David Hilbert, insisting that mathematics is a formal game of symbols and rules, something like an endlessly serious version of chess. Then there is L. E. J. Brouwer, the intuitionist rebel arguing that mathematics rises out of human intuition, and that even logic must bow to the way minds grasp numbers.What makes this book crackle is how these intellectual battles unfold against real wars and real politics: the 1900 Paris Expo, imperial conflicts like the Boer War, and the gathering storms that lead into World War I all seep into the lives and choices of the mathematicians 🎖️⚙️. Russell’s journey from technical philosopher to outspoken anti‑war activist shows how a fight about the nature of infinity can spill into debates about conscience, power, and responsibility. All of this is filtered through Jason Socrates Bardi’s signature lens as an award‑winning journalist and historian of mathematics, the mind behind “The Calculus Wars” and “The Fifth Postulate.” 🧠✍️ With a background that bridges English, mathematics, physics, molecular biophysics, and science journalism, and years spent writing about modern science and medicine for outlets like The Lancet, he has a knack for turning dense technical debates into gripping human stories. Living in the Washington, D.C. area, Bardi brings not just scholarly depth but also a reporter’s eye for personality, politics, and the quiet details that make these long‑gone mathematicians feel startlingly alive.So in this episode of Weekend Book Review, the host will dive into how The Great Math War braids together biography, philosophy, and history, and why this century‑old fight still shapes how we think about proof, rigor, and reality today 💡. Before that deep dive begins, a huge thank you to Jason Socrates Bardi and to Basic Books for bringing this remarkable story to readers 🙏.If you enjoy this kind of nerdy narrative about the hidden battles behind science and math, make sure you subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and to the Weekend Researcher channel on YouTube 🎧📺. You can also find Revise and Resubmit on Amazon Prime Music and Apple Podcast, so follow us wherever you like to listen. And now, as we open The Great Math War, here is the question that frames today’s review:👉 When three brilliant minds go to war over the very foundations of mathematics, who really wins: logic, formal rules, human intuition… or something stranger that still shapes how we do math today?

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