Alfred Tarski

About

Logician, mathematician, and philosopher who became famous for his work on model theory and mathematics.

Before Fame

He attended the University of Warsaw and was a member of the Lwów–Warsaw school of logic and the Warsaw school of mathematics and philosophy. He came to the United States in 1939. He was the youngest person ever to complete a doctorate at Warsaw.

Trivia

He conducted his mathematics research at the University of California, Berkeley, beginning in 1942 until he passed in 1983.

Family Life

He married Maria Witkowski.

Associated With

He had a profound influence on Karl Popper.